A Pivotal Human Ancestor Walked With Dinosaurs, Study Finds

3 years ago by fossilesque to c/palaeontology

There's been a long-standing debate about whether or not the key features that define placental mammals like ourselves emerged in our ancestors before or after the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs.
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Ski 6 points 3 years ago

This is wildly clickbaity. We've known forever that mammals existed alongside dinosaurs. Calling it a "human ancestor" is a bit misleading when really it's more like a rat/cat/dog than a hominid of any kind.

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dojan 1 point 3 years ago

Yeah in that sense we could go all the way back to the primordial soup.

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brewdtype 1 point 3 years ago

RatCatDog, the sequel to CatDog.

What a fuckin’ weird show that was.

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