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It turns out that the Denali fault tore apart the connection between two ancient continents
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Three sites that stretch along a roughly 620-mile stretch of what is now the Denali Fault were once small, unified geological features that marked the eventual joining of two landmasses, according to a new study. The landscape was then torn apart by millions of years of tectonic activity. The study, led by Associate Professor Sean Regan…
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Biology
Study reveals twists and turns in mammal evolution from sprawled to upright posture
Land animals exhibit a range of limb postures, from “spanned,” where the limbs stick out to the sides of the body, as in lizards, to “upright,” or “upright,” where the limbs are held close to the body under the body. The midline of animals such as dogs, cats, and horses. An upright posture is a characteristic of most modern mammals,…
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