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Additionally, the evolution of eutherians, or placental mammals, has been further clarified with the discovery of a new Early Cretaceous eutherian specimen. This fossil provides crucial ...

The fight scene, preserved in a fossil discovered in China, suggests that small mammals preyed on the dinosaurs that ruled Earth during the Cretaceous period more than previously thought ...

That was life, and death, in the Cretaceous Period in the Canadian province ... and various crocs, turtles, small mammals, birds, amphibians and fish. Scientists actually have more data on the ...

Scientists in China have manipulated embryonic stem cells to create laboratory mice with two male parents that managed to ...

Journey into prehistory as the article explores seven monstrous serpents that once ruled land and sea. From the colossal ...

That was life - and death - in the Cretaceous Period in the Canadian province of Alberta. Scientists have unearthed in the badlands of Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park the fossilized neck bone ...

The first snakes evolved during this time, and by the end of the Cretaceous, flowering plants were a much more common part of Earth's plant life. Various insect groups also appeared, including bees, ...

during the Cretaceous period. "We do know that during this time period, average temperatures globally were about 82 F (28.1 C), and the average tropical temperature was 93.5 F (34.2 C)," Hughes says.