The role of the rolling jaw in early mammals
Thursday, February 14, 2019 - 09:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A new study has given scientists more to chew on regarding the evolution and inner workings of the mammalian jaw. Researchers at Yale, Brown, Harvard, and the University of Texas-Austin found two key characteristics of how early mammals chewed their food: they had a “rolling jaw” that offered more flexibility, and they used this flexibility […]