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62-million-year-old fossil solves century-old mystery of mammal linked to humans

Interesting Engineering 11 Mar 2025
“This fossil skeleton provides new evidence concerning how placental mammals diversified ecologically following the extinction of the dinosaurs,” said Stephen Chester, lead author of the study and an ...
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This extinct tree-dwelling mammal may be among humans’ closer relatives

Popular Science 11 Mar 2025
“This fossil skeleton provides new evidence concerning how placental mammals diversified ecologically following the extinction of the dinosaurs,” study co-author and Brooklyn College paleontologist Stephen Chester, said in a statement.
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