Diaphragm much older than expected

Friday, November 18, 2016 - 12:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Caseids are "mammal-like" reptiles that lived about 300-250 million years ago. They had a barrel-shaped trunk, but scientists have struggled to realize how did these reptiles breathed. New calculations have revealed some surprising information that suggests that these animals may have used a diaphragm much like those humans have today.

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