Evolution of skull and mandible shape in cats
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 02:49
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In a new study published in the online-open access journal PLoS ONE, Per Christiansen at the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, reports the finding that the evolution of skull and mandible shape in sabercats and modern cats were governed by different selective forces, and the two groups evolved very different adaptations to killing.
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