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A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...
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In rare evolutionary event, weird platypus cousin evolved from living in water to living on landWe may have gotten the evolutionary origins of the echidna backward, as new research suggests its ancestors probably lived in ...
These 1,000-pound creatures travel in large herds and can smell water miles away. Now, the race is on to stop them from ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN3d
A Single Prehistoric Bone Might Rewrite the History of the World’s Strangest MammalsAnalysis of the fossil suggests that the only two egg-laying mammals, platypuses and land-based echidnas, both descended from ...
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Fire, Soil, and Seeds: Indigenous Land Stewardship in Australia’s Endemic GardensWhen most people imagine the Australian landscape, visions of sunburnt plains, ancient forests, and wildflowers spring to ...
Found in Australia and New Guinea ... it is believed that dolphins and whales evolved from land animals and share lineage with hippos. But there are few examples that show evolution from water ...
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