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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nina Massey

Mammals put brawn before brains after dinosaur extinction – study

After the extinction of dinosaurs, prehistoric mammals bulked up instead of developing bigger brains in order to boost their survival chances, new research suggests.

For the first 10 million years after dinosaurs died out, mammals prioritised increasing their body size to adapt to the changes in Earth’s animal kingdom, according to a new study.

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