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An Older "Missing Link"? A Key Fossil in Animal Evolution Reveals Its True Age.

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New study reveals that an ancestor of reptiles and mammals lived 14 million years earlier than previously thought, filling a crucial gap in the history of life on land. New geological dating in Scotland puts a key fossil in evolutionary history back in time. Image credit: Hector Garza. In the ancient volcanic landscapes of Scotland, where the Bathgate Hills stand today, a small and seemingly inconspicuous fossil has shaken up the evolutionary ti…
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New study reveals that an ancestor of reptiles and mammals lived 14 million years earlier than previously thought, filling a crucial gap in the history of life on land. New geological dating in Scotland puts a key fossil in evolutionary history back in time. Image credit: Hector Garza. In the ancient volcanic landscapes of Scotland, where the Bathgate Hills stand today, a small and seemingly inconspicuous fossil has shaken up the evolutionary ti…

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meteored.cl broke the news in on Monday, June 2, 2025.
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