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When evolution produces a predator that makes no sense

This video examines one of South America’s most unusual predators and the traits that set it apart from typical hunters. Its behavior, physical adaptations, and hunting strategy challenge long-held ...
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Jirahgorgon discovered: remains of a new prehistoric predator found in South Africa that challenge the history of early mammals

An international team of paleontologists has discovered in the Karoo desert, in South Africa, a new species of prehistoric predator that is revolutionizing understanding of the origin of mammals. The ...
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Evolution of animal behavior : paleontological and field approaches / edited by Matthew H. Nitecki and Jennifer A. Kitchell

Papers presented at the 7th Spring Systematics Symposium of the Field Museum, Chicago, May 1984. Homology, analogy, and the evolution of behavior / George V. Lauder -- Social and unsocial behavior in ...
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Surprise fossil discoveries push back the evolution of complex animals

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that ...