Saturday, August 14, 2010

Ancient crocodile chewed like a mammal

"Crocodiles weren't always so snappy. A new fossil shows that their ancient relatives chewed their food, rather than swallowing great chunks of it."

"Unlike its modern-day relatives, which have long rows of conical teeth, Pakasuchus had clearly differentiated canines, premolars and molars. There were also fewer of them."

Source Ancient crocodile chewed like a mammal

So reptiles could have evolved from mammals, however if things are always evolving is it for the better? If you look at the crocodile from the past, it looks like it would be a lot more dangerous than the crocodiles from today.

This could also mean that we depict some of , if not all of the species from that time in a wrong way, we will never really know. Modern carbon dating is extremely flawed, and most fragments that are found, could be from a completely different time. One fragment could be from 65 million years ago, and the other could be from 100 million years ago.

I wonder whats in store for humans, maybe we will all turn into raging lizard people!



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