Fossils reveal mammals that mingled during the age of the dinosaurs – AlKhaleej Today

The fossil remains of several small mammals discovered in densely packed clusters in western Montana provide the earliest evidence of social behavior in mammals, according to a new study co-authored by a Yale scientist. About 75.5 million years old but exquisitely preserved, the fossils offer a rare glimpse into how mammals behaved during the late Cretaceous period when dinosaurs dominated, and suggest that mammals evolved sociality much earlier than previously thought said Eric Sargis, professor…

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