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10-Million-Year-Old Fossils in Turkey Challenge What We Thought We Knew About Mammal Evolution

10-Million-Year-Old Fossils in Turkey Challenge What We Thought We Knew About Mammal Evolution

A groundbreaking study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has redefined the evolutionary timeline of mammals and possibly early human ancestors. Thanks to the precise application of argon-argon dating, a team led by Ferhat Kaya from the University of Oulu has pinpointed the ages of fossil-rich volcanic sediments in central Türkiye to between 7 and 10 …

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