Prehistoric Mammal News

Posted February 3, 2012:

• A Battle of the Vampires, 20 Million Years Ago?

Posted January 30, 2012:

• Mouse to Elephant? Just Wait 24 Million Generations

Posted January 12, 2012:

• New Insights Into an Ancient Mechanism of Mammalian Evolution

Posted December 27, 2011:

• Over 65 Million Years, North American Mammal Evolution Has Tracked With Climate Change

Posted December 6, 2011:

• Ancient Meat-Loving Predators Survived for 35 Million Years

Posted November 16, 2011:

• Pristine Reptile Fossil Holds New Information About Aquatic Adaptations

Posted November 15, 2011:

• Fossil Moths Show Their True Colors

Posted November 10, 2011:

• Whiskers Marked Milestone in Evolution of Mammals from Reptiles

Posted November 9, 2011:

• No Need to Shrink Guts to Have a Larger Brain

Posted November 2, 2011:

• 'Saber-Toothed Squirrel': First Known Mammalian Skull from Late Cretaceous in South America
• Humans and Climate Contributed to Extinctions of Large Ice Age Mammals, New Study Finds

Posted October 20, 2011:

• First North American Hunters 1,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, Speared Mastodon Fossil Shows

Posted October 18, 2011:

• Heart Disease Linked to Evolutionary Changes That May Have Protected Early Mammals from Trauma

Posted October 11, 2011:

• Oldest Fossil Rodents in South America Discovered; Find Is 10 Million Years Older and Confirms Animals from Africa

Posted September 25, 2011:

• Invasion of Genomic Parasites Triggered Modern Mammalian Pregnancy, Study Finds

Posted September 14, 2011:

• Woolly Mammoth's Secrets for Shrugging Off Cold Points Toward New Artificial Blood for Humans

Posted September 1, 2011:

• Woolly Rhino Fossil Discovery in Tibet Provides Important Clues to Evolution of Ice Age Giants

Posted August 24, 2011:

• Discovery of a 160-Million-Year-Old Fossil Represents a New Milestone in Early Mammal Evolution

Posted August 22, 2011:

• Ancient Whale Skulls and Directional Hearing: A Twisted Tale

Posted August 2, 2011:

• Sea Squirt Pacemaker Gives New Insight Into Evolution of the Human Heart

Posted July 20, 2011:

• Prehistoric Crocodile Terminonaris Was Texas Native, Fossil Suggests

Posted July 6, 2011:

• Gray Whales Likely Survived the Ice Ages by Changing Their Diets

Posted June 28, 2011:

• Body Temperature of Dinosaurs Measured for the First Time

Posted June 23, 2011:

• Body Temperatures of Dinosaurs Measured for First Time: Some Dinosaurs Were as Warm as Most Modern Mammals

Posted June 22, 2011:

• New Theory on Origin of Birds: Enlarged Skeletal Muscles

Posted June 21, 2011:

• Earliest Art in the Americas: Ice Age Image of Mammoth or Mastodon Found in Florida

Posted May 31, 2011:

• Researchers Solve Mammoth Evolutionary Puzzle: The Woollies Weren't Picky, Happy to Interbreed

Posted May 24, 2011:

• Birch Mouse Ancestor Discovered in Inner Mongolia Is New Species of Rare 'Living Fossil'

Posted May 19, 2011:

• Sniff Sniff: Smelling Led to Smarter Mammals, Researchers Say

Posted May 12, 2011:

• On Prehistoric Supercontinent of Pangaea, Latitude and Rain Dictated Where Species Lived

Posted April 28, 2011:

• Missouri Elk Are Being Reintroduced in the Wrong Part of the State, Anthropologist Says

Posted April 21, 2011:

• Fossil Sirenians, Related to Today's Manatees, Give Scientists New Look at Ancient Climate

Posted April 19, 2011:

• Right-Handedness Prevailed 500,000 Years Ago

Posted April 13, 2011:

• Long-Sought Fossil Mammal With Transitional Middle Ear

Posted April 5, 2011:

• Did Dinosaurs Have Lice? Researchers Say It's Possible

Posted March 30, 2011:

• Protein from Bones of 600,000-Year-Old Mammoth Extracted Successfully

Posted March 11, 2011:

• Chilly Times for Chinese Dinosaurs: Abundance of Feathered Dinosaurs During Temperate Climate With Harsh Winters

Posted March 7, 2011:

• Fossil Bird Study Describes Ripple Effect of Extinction in Animal Kingdom

Posted March 3, 2011:

• Fossils of Horse Teeth Indicate 'You Are What You Eat'

Posted December 22, 2010:

• 98.6 Degrees Fahrenheit Ideal Temperature for Keeping Fungi Away and Food at Bay

Posted December 21, 2010:

• Africa Has Two Elephant Species, Genetic Analysis Confirms
• Being Good Moms Couldn't Save the Woolly Mammoth
• Rodents Were Diverse and Abundant in Prehistoric Africa When Our Human Ancestors Evolved

Posted December 16, 2010:

• Colossal Fossil: Museum's New Whale Skeleton Represents Decades of Research

Posted November 27, 2010:

• Dogs Have Bigger Brains Than Cats Because They Are More Sociable, Research Finds

Posted November 18, 2010:

• Link Between Ancient Lizard Fossil in Africa and Today's Komodo Dragon in Indonesia

Posted November 5, 2010:

• New Statistical Model Moves Human Evolution Back Three Million Years

Posted November 3, 2010:

• Do Holes Make Moles? Surprising First Ancestor of Bizarre Marsupial Moles

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