Ohio State: 30-million-year-old amphibious beaver fossil is oldest ever found
August 25, 2022
August 25, 2022
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 25 (TNSjou) -- Ohio State University issued the following news on Aug. 24, 2022:
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Anklebone analysis reveals when beavers evolved to swim
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A new analysis of a beaver anklebone fossil found in Montana suggests the evolution of semi-aquatic beavers may have occurred at least 7 million years earlier than previously thought, and happened in North America rather than Eurasia.
In the study, Ohio State Unive . . .
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Anklebone analysis reveals when beavers evolved to swim
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A new analysis of a beaver anklebone fossil found in Montana suggests the evolution of semi-aquatic beavers may have occurred at least 7 million years earlier than previously thought, and happened in North America rather than Eurasia.
In the study, Ohio State Unive . . .