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120-Million-Year-Old Fossil Pushes Back Origin of Marsupial Lineage


A new species of deltatheroidan mammal from China may be the oldest confirmed ancestor of marsupials yet found, offering fresh evidence that Asia played a central role in the deep evolutionary split between marsupials and placental mammals.

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