Age of Mammals also tells the story of human evolution, with a series of casts on display and even some skulls visitors can touch. A row of skulls dating from 2.4 million years ago to modern times ...

From reptile-like ancestors to humans, the new book The Rise and Reign of the Mammals tackles the diversity of mammals like us. The following is an excerpt from The Rise and Reign of Mammals: A New ...

Some Mammal Traits Show Up a Lot Earlier and in Things That Weren’t Mammals at All. Lots of the traits we think of as defining us as mammals show up pretty early, during the time of the dinosaurs. And ...

A new book, The Rise and Reign of the Mammals by paleontologist Steve Brusatte, explores how our ancestors emerged, evolved, and took over the world. Reading time 10 minutes Deep time is a headache.

(via PBS Eons) An asteroid impact triggered the K-Pg mass extinction, wiping out the non-avian dinosaurs, ending the Age of Reptiles, and ushering in the Age of Mammals. But why was it the mammals who ...

"Prehistoric World" is a new book by Aaron Woodruff, the museum's collection manager for vertebrate paleontology. It includes profiles and illustrations of prehistoric mammals such as Livyatan ...

A team of researchers has identified an Ice Age relative of the muskox from fossils uncovered in Carlsbad Caverns National ...

Fossils and the origin of mammals -- The Paleocene -- The Eocene -- The Oligocene -- The Miocene -- The Pliocene -- Australia -- South America -- The Pleistocene ice age -- The age of man -- Taxonomic ...

Modern mammals are known for their big brains. But new analyses of mammal skulls from creatures that lived shortly after the dinosaur mass extinction show that those brains weren’t always a foregone ...

After the dinosaurs disappeared, the world saw an explosion of birds and mammals. But a study suggests a burst of new snakes appeared, too, with diets to match the newly expanding array of animals.

Aug. 18 (UPI) --Over the past decade, deadly wildfires have become increasingly common because of both human-caused climate change and disruptive land management practices. Southern California, where ...

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