ZME Science August 26, 2026 • 18:48

If We Knew Today’s Mammals Only from Fossils, We’d Get Evolution Super Wrong - ZME Science

By Mihai Andrei

A simulated future fossil shows how badly we could be misreading the past.

Aurorazhdarcho micronyx (Meyer, 1856) – fossil pterosaur from the Jurassic of Germany. Image via Wiki Commons.
Most of what we know about past life comes from fossils. But the fossil record isn’t a … [+5642 chars]

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If We Knew Today’s Mammals Only from Fossils, We’d Get Evolution Super Wrong - ZME Science

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