Size does matter - proven by evolution

[Kasia]

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-tiny-fossils-reveal-essential-successful.html

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6176315/Shrinking-helped-early-mammals-survive-200-million-years-ago.html

[doushantuo]

I'd much prefer it if the researcher(s) involved are mentioned in the post itself, in this case Emma Rayfield,it seems.

[Raggedy Man]

Coccidioides immitis says its good to be small! Lol

[Raggedy Man]

4 minutes ago, doushantuo said:

I'd much prefer it if the researcher(s)involved are mentioned in the post itself,in this case Emma Rayfield,it seems

News articles typically just dish out a generalized watered down synopsis for the layman as the general public could care less about the researchers

[doushantuo]

Still, I suppose that's a cute Mesozoic mammal reconstruction.

 

[oilshale]

44 minutes ago, doushantuo said:

I'd much prefer it if the researcher(s)involved are mentioned in the post itself,in this case Emma Rayfield,it seems

 

They are mentioned , at least in the link:

 

'The role of miniaturisation in the evolution of the mammalian jaw and middle ear' by Stephan Lautenschlager, Pamela Gill, Zhe-Xi Luo, Michael J. Fagan and Emily Rayfield is published in Nature.

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-09-tiny-fossils-reveal-essential-successful.html#jCp