A new study investigates the remarkable absence of small dinosaurs in evolution, suggesting that ecological, and not just physiological, factors may have limited the size of these animals. The research, led by scientists from the American Museum of Natural History and Princeton University, proposes that competition with early mammals and other small vertebrates may have played a crucial role in this phenomenon. Evolutionary limits of dinosaurs D…
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In the course of evolution, dinosaurs have sometimes become monumental. However, no process has led to them being smaller, which could be explained by some kind of environmental competition with mammals.
A new study investigates the remarkable absence of small dinosaurs in evolution, suggesting that ecological, and not just physiological, factors may have limited the size of these animals. The research, led by scientists from the American Museum of Natural History and Princeton University, proposes that competition with early mammals and other small vertebrates may have played a crucial role in this phenomenon. Evolutionary limits of dinosaurs D…