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This Tiny Creature Survived a World of Dinosaurs and Changed What Came Next

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This Tiny Creature Survived a World of Dinosaurs and Changed What Came Next
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This tiny dinosaur-era mammal may hold the secret to surviving Earth’s worst extinction. Mammals lived alongside dinosaurs for millions of years until a catastrophic event 66 million years ago wiped out about 75% of life on Earth. Even after this mass extinction, some species endured. Among the survivors were small, rodent-like mammals from the genus [...]

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