From reptile-like ancestors to humans, the new book The Rise and Reign of the Mammals tackles the diversity of mammals like us. The following is an excerpt from The Rise and Reign of Mammals: A New ...
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Fossils of the first winged mammals dating back 160 million years to the age of the dinosaurs have been discovered. The remains, from the Jurassic period, suggest a new way of life - gliding - for the ...
ANYONE writing about mammals faces a key challenge: not making it about us. Humans are mammals of course, and it is easy to present the tale of mammalian evolution as inexorably leading to our arrival ...
"The selection of species to include in this book was based on two principles: 1. Those that in recent times had a viable, naturally occurring wild population in Canada, its continental islands, or in ...
For over a century, scientists have been captivated by the mystery of how mammals evolved from sprawling creatures resembling lizards to the graceful, upright walkers we see today. This fundamental ...
New research suggests that land-based echidnas descended from semi-aquatic mammals. Gunjan Pandey CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Between backward-facing-feet, nipple-less milk secretion and ...
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THERE can be no doubt about Mr. Lydekker's qualifications to enter on the field of geographical distribution. The author of the excellent treatise on mammals in the “Royal Natural History,” after ...