An early predecessor to mammals could swim, suckle and swallow

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by Nature / Science / Nature Biotechnology at 07 Oct, 00:00 UTC

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03069-0 A fossil of an early ancestor of mammals from the Jurassic period reveals a mammal-like throat passage (pharynx) and throat bones (hyoids). It fills a gap in our knowledge about throat features in the animals from which…

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• T1An early predecessor to mammals could swim, suckle and swallowNature / Science / Nature Biotechnology07 Oct, 00:00