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New Jurassic Mammals & Hyoid Evolution

A new breakthrough from the Luo Lab: The 165-million-year-old fossil of a tiny, shrew-like animal shows the earliest example of modern hyoid bones - the ones that provide the ability to swallow food - in mammal evolution. Check out the coverage from the University of Chicago, and the new paper in Science!

A new breakthrough from the Luo Lab:  The 165-million-year-old fossil of a tiny, shrew-like animal shows the earliest example of modern hyoid bones - the ones that provide the ability to swallow food - in mammal evolution.  Check out the coverage from the University of Chicago, and the new paper in Science!