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Animal Evolution During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
February 27, 2012 | National Science Foundation

Fifty-five million years ago, Earth underwent a very rapid global warming event. About a third of mammal species responded with a significant reduction in size during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum , some by as much as one-half.


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