When vertebrae cross dress: How sloths got their long neck

Monday, October 18, 2010 - 19:40 in Paleontology & Archaeology

By examining the development of bones in the vertebral column, limbs, and ribcage, scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered how sloths evolved their unique neck skeleton.

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