Marooned on Mesozoic Madagascar: Researchers discover 66-million-year-old 'crazy beast'
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 10:20
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In evolutionary terms, islands are the stuff of weirdness. It is on islands where animals evolve in isolation, often for millions of years, with different food sources, competitors, predators, and parasites...indeed, different everything compared to mainland species. As a result, they develop into different shapes and sizes and evolve into new species that, given enough time, spawn yet more new species.