Mammal melee: new fossils impugn leading model of early mammal origins

Article Abstract:

Reports given at the 1999 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology dispute some of the previous assumptions about the history of mammals. For example, a jaw fragment found in Madagascar adds some 25 million years to the estimated age of tribosphenic mammals.

Colorado, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Mammals, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

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Face off: three-dimensional imaging stands in for fossils

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Modern-day medical imaging technology may present themselves as new instruments of research in paleoanthropology, with fossil bone features being stored on computer and manipulated in virtual space for examination and theory testing.

Usage, Equipment and supplies, Prehistoric peoples, Paleontology, Medical imaging equipment

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Cetacean creation: new fossils leave researchers wondering where whales come from

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Paleontologists and molecular biologists are debating who the terrestial ancestors of whales were. Paleontologists believe whales are descended from wolflike creatures known as mesonychians while molecular biologists think that whales are closely related to hippos.

Physiological aspects, Genetic aspects, Evolution (Biology), Evolution, Whales, Whales, Fossil, Fossil whales

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