Scientists were wrong about this strange mammal for nearly 40 years

ScienceDaily
Sep 28, 2026, 8:25 am59 ptsTrending
A beautifully preserved fossil from Mongolia’s Gobi Desert has solved a mystery that puzzled paleontologists for nearly 40 years. Tamirkhan balcarceli shows that zhelestids were not early relatives of modern placental mammals, despite having teeth that seemed to suggest they were. Instead, the rabbit-like…

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