Fossil of hairy, squirrel-sized creature sheds light on evolution of earliest mammals
📄 Print or Save to PDF 📄 2 Column Kevin Jiany (USA) It appears that a 165myr-old omnivore may have had an armadillo-like gait. A newly discovered fossil has revealed the evolutionary adaptations of a 165myr-old proto-mammal, providing evidence that traits such as hair and fur originated well before the…