Hacker News with Generative AI: Mammals

A 62M-year-old skeleton sheds light on an enigmatic mammal (sciencedaily.com)
For more than 140 years, Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery.

Paleontology, Mammals, Science, Extinct Animals, Evolution

29 points by docmechanic 20 days ago | 9 comments

Birds have developed complex brains independently from mammals (phys.org)
Two studies published in the latest issue of Science have revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex brain circuits independently, despite sharing a common ancestor.

Evolution, Neuroscience, Biology, Birds, Mammals

32 points by ftrobro 48 days ago | 6 comments

Platybelodon (wikipedia.org)
Platybelodon ("flat-spear tusk") is an extinct genus of large herbivorous proboscidean mammals related to modern-day elephants, placed in the "shovel tusker" family Amebelodontidae.

Paleontology, Extinct Animals, Mammals, Evolution

9 points by thunderbong 170 days ago | 0 comments

Alternate RNA decoding results in stable and abundant proteins in mammals (biorxiv.org)

RNA, Biology, Genetics, Proteins, Mammals

3 points by apsec112 218 days ago | 0 comments

Fossil hints that Jurassic mammals lived slow and died old (nytimes.com)

Paleontology, Evolution, Mammals, Jurassic Period

105 points by Petiver 252 days ago | 19 comments

Study confirms mammal-to-mammal avian flu spread (news.cornell.edu)

Science, Health, Avian Flu, Mammals

31 points by geox 252 days ago | 3 comments