A study of the fossilised fur of six mammals from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods has found they were all greyish-brown ...
when the diversity of our mammal ancestors exploded. But Neil isn’t yet convinced. “This is mostly a Jurassic sample with only one specimen from the Eary Cretaceous,” adds Neil. “The idea that ...
Our earliest mammalian ancestors avoided the dominant dinosaurs by only coming out at night and having uniformly dark, ...
New evidence uncovered in east Africa indicates ancient hominins began crafting tools from animal bones far earlier than ...
What you’d be less likely to notice are your closest relatives. Early mammals were small, strictly nocturnal, and altogether less showy–verging on downright drab, as supported by a study ...
The Triassic is one of the most important periods in the evolution of life on Earth. After one of the greatest mass ...
Some animals have been around since the time of the dinosaurs—and they’re still thriving today! Known as “living fossils,” ...
"These extinct early mammals had distinct lifestyles, ranging from ground-dwelling and burrowing to gliding through the ...