Mammal multiplication

Look: 3 newly discovered mammals show how quickly life evolved after dinosaur extinction

by Jennifer Walter
Case Jernigan via Giphy

What happened after the fall of the dinosaurs?

It’s easy to assume the world was just a barren wasteland.

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But research shows that, just a few hundred thousand years after the non-avian dinosaurs were wiped out, life started to quickly spread and diversify.

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