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How mammals got big in a post-dinosaur world. Afp. Sunday 28 November 2010 01:00 GMT. Comments. Your support helps us to tell the story. Read more. Support Now.
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TwistedSifter on MSNComprehensive Mammal Database Explains Why They Don’t Grow To The Size Of DinosaursThe largest dinosaurs – known as titanosaurs – measured up to 38 meters in length, eight meters in height, and weighing just ...
Massive mammals such as wooly mammoths, elephant-sized ground sloths and various saber-toothed cats roamed the Earth between 2.6 million and 12,000 years ago. Now they — and most of the rest of ...
Modern mammals are known for their big brains. But new analyses of mammal skulls from creatures that lived shortly after the dinosaur mass extinction show that those brains weren’t always a ...
Over the past 125,000 years, the average size of mammals on the Earth has shrunk. And humans are to blame. That's the conclusion of a new study of the fossil record by paleo-biologist Felisa Smithof ...
Earth isn't just dealing with the loss of big mammals, such as elephants, whales, and rhinos. It's also faced with a dramatic reduction in their poop, which could have profound effects on the ...
How mammals got so big . Physically, P. bathmodon looked like a mash-up of several modern mammals that exist today. "In some ways, it would have looked dog-like, ...
For some mammals, the evolutionary path to gigantism after the dinosaurs’ demise wasn’t always a straight road. Species of extinct, hefty, rhinoceros-like creatures called brontotheres evolved ...
Big mammals might be unexpectedly resilient in the face of global warming, suggests a new study that looked to the past for insights into the future. IE 11 is not supported.
There may be an evolutionary thread linking big brains, long lifespans and immune-system genes in mammals, a new study finds. An organism’s lifespan depends partly on its genes, but scientists ...
But while hit-and-runs with big mammals are gruesome and significant, they’re just one way roads are detrimental to nature. Grizzly deaths.
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