Dinosaur die-off cleared way for gigantic mammals
Thursday, November 25, 2010 - 14:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
They just needed some leg room: New research shows the great dinosaur die-off made way for mammals to explode in size — some more massive than several elephants put together.
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