Thursday, September 15, 2016 10:44:21 PM
California skull presents a mammoth puzzle.
Strange Mammoth Skull Found in California Puzzles Paleontologists
George Dvorsky
Today 12:50pm
Image: NPS
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Animals who have become isolated on small islands with limited access to food are subject to an evolutionary process known as insular dwarfism .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insular_dwarfism (humans are no exception .. http://gizmodo.com/ancestral-remains-of-mysterious-hobbit-species-uncove-1781257770 ). The downsizing of the Columbian mammoth to the smaller pygmy could have occurred over just several thousand years, and that has the paleontologists thinking of another possibility.
http://gizmodo.com/strange-mammoth-skull-found-in-california-puzzles-paleo-1786671176
Strange Mammoth Skull Found in California Puzzles Paleontologists
George Dvorsky
Today 12:50pm
Image: NPS
[...]
Animals who have become isolated on small islands with limited access to food are subject to an evolutionary process known as insular dwarfism .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insular_dwarfism (humans are no exception .. http://gizmodo.com/ancestral-remains-of-mysterious-hobbit-species-uncove-1781257770 ). The downsizing of the Columbian mammoth to the smaller pygmy could have occurred over just several thousand years, and that has the paleontologists thinking of another possibility.
http://gizmodo.com/strange-mammoth-skull-found-in-california-puzzles-paleo-1786671176
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