Mammal forerunner that reproduced like a reptile sheds light on brain evolution
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - 13:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Compared with the rest of the animal kingdom, mammals have the biggest brains and produce some of the smallest litters of offspring. A newly described fossil of an extinct mammal relative -- and her 38 babies -- is among the best evidence that a key development in the evolution of mammals was trading brood power for brain power.