Skinny 'Shrew' Is Oldest True Mammal

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 13:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Placental, or "true" mammals, like humans, seemed to have proliferated much faster than previously thought during their early years, splitting from marsupials around 160 million years ago.

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