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Human ancestors co-existed with dinosaurs before surviving asteroid impact [interestingengineering.com] (interestingengineering.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I feel like the news is in the details here, that non-biologists won't really understand or appreciate. Because as far as I know it's not news that small mammals co-existed with dinosaurs.

I distinctly remember learning (as a kid) that mammals survived it because they were small, could breed often, and produced lots of offspring... so they could evolutionally adapt quickly.