Indian fossils support new hypothesis for origin of hoofed mammals — ScienceDaily
New research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology describes a fossil family that illuminates the origin of perissodactyls — the group of mammals that includes horses, rhinos, and tapirs. It provides insights on the controversial question of where these hoofed animals evolved, concluding that they arose in or near present day India. With […]
Indian fossils support new hypothesis for origin of hoofed mammals
Life reconstruction of Cambaytherium. Credit: Elaine Kasmer New research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology describes a fossil family that illuminates the origin of perissodactyls—the group of mammals that includes horses, rhinos and tapirs. It provides insights on the controversial question of where these hoofed animals evolved, concluding that they arose in or […]
Challenges age-old ‘man-the-hunter’ hypothesis — ScienceDaily
For centuries, historians and scientists mostly agreed that when early human groups sought food, men hunted and women gathered. However, a 9,000-year-old female hunter burial in the Andes Mountains of South America reveals a different story, according to new research conducted at the University of California, Davis. “An archaeological discovery and analysis of early burial […]
The traits of Florisbad skull reinforce the mosaic hypothesis of human evolution
Skull from Florisbad. Credit: E. Bruner et al Emiliano Bruner, a paleoneurologist at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), in collaboration with Marlize Lombard, of the University of Johannesburg, has just published a study in the Journal of Anthropological Sciences which describes the braincase traits of Florisbad, a fossil found in […]
