Paleontology: Early Mammals and Birds
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New genome alignment tool empowers large-scale studies of vertebrate evolution      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Three new articles present major advances in understanding the evolution of birds and mammals, made possible by new methods for comparing the genomes of hundreds of species. Researchers developed a powerful new genome alignment method that has made the new studies possible, including the largest genome alignment ever achieved of more than 600 vertebrate genomes.

Paleontology: Early Mammals and Birds
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Giant lizards learnt to fly over millions of years      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Most detailed every study into how animals evolve to better suit their environments shows that pterosaurs become more efficient at flying over millions of years before going extinct with the dinosaurs.