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Study Reveals Mammals Transitioned to Ground-Based Living Before Dinosaur Extinction

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New research highlights how flowering plants drove mammalian evolution millions of years prior to the asteroid impact that ended the age of dinosaurs.

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Science Daily

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Mammals were adapting from life in the trees to living on the ground before dinosaur-killing asteroid

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research has revealed.

2 days ago·United States

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When the Dino-Killing Asteroid Hit, Mammals Were Already on the Move

Researchers suggest that ground-based mammals fared better than their arboreal relatives during the end-Cretaceous extinction thanks to their lifestyle.

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Jerusalem Post

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Flowering plants, not dinosaurs, drove mammals to ground 72 million years ago

Professor Janis said, "The vegetational habitat was more important for the course of Cretaceous mammalian evolution than any influence from dinosaurs."

2 days ago·Jerusalem, Israel

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Tiny Fossils Reveal Mammals Left the Trees Long Before the Asteroid Impact

Millions of years before the asteroid impact that ended the reign of the dinosaurs, mammals were already beginning to shift from tree-dwelling to ground-based lifestyles. A groundbreaking study uncovered this evolutionary trend by analyzing tiny limb bone fragments from marsupials and placental mammals in Western North America. These subtle fossil clues reveal that mammals may [...]

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Mammals were adapting from life in the trees to living on the ground before dinosaur-killing asteroid, research reveals

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research led by the University of Bristol has revealed.

2 days ago·United Kingdom

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Fascinating discovery: mammals on earth before the asteroid

The mysteries of our planet’s history continue to captivate curious minds, and a recent discovery may well upend our understanding of mammalian evolution. Before the cataclysmic asteroid impact that marked the end of the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago, mammals were already populating the Earth, defying conventional wisdom about their emergence. This fascinating revelation […] L’article Fascinating discovery: mammals on earth before the aste…

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