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New study finds earliest evidence for mammal social behavior – Phys.org

A new study led by paleontologists at the University of Washington and its Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture indicates that the earliest evidence of mammal…

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A new study led by paleontologists at the University of Washington and its Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture indicates that the earliest evidence of mammal social behavior goes back to the Age of Dinosaurs.
The evidence, published Nov. 2 in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, lies in the fossil record of a new genus of multituberculatea small, rodent-like mammal that lived during the Late Cretaceous of the dinosaur eracalled Filikomys primaevus, which translates to “youthful, friendly…

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