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A 236-million-year-old fossil challenges the story of mammalian live birth

Some cynodonts may have been giving birth to live young much sooner in evolutionary history than previously assumed. A new Frontiers in Mammal Science study has offered the first compelling evidence that cynodonts may have been viviparous—a reproductive mode characterized by live birth.

A 236-million-year-old fossil challenges the story of mammalian live birth

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