๐ฆ An 80-Million-Year-Old Snake Brain Just Rewrote What We Know About Early Snake Evolution
Scientists analyzed Tametara mirim, one of the most complete fossil snake skeletons ever found โ unearthed in Brazil and dating back 80 million years. Detailed brain reconstructions reveal this Cretaceous snake was built for burrowing, completely different from other ancient snakes of the same era. It means snakes were already diversifying into radically different habitats far earlier than paleontologists assumed. What other secrets might ancient snake skulls still be hiding?
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