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Carnivore Species Shrank During Global Warming Event
Science Daily ^ | 08/31/2010 | Science Daily

Posted on 08/31/2010 10:12:05 AM PDT by Frenchtown Dan

A new University of Florida study indicates extinct carnivorous mammals shrank in size during a global warming event that occurred 55 million years ago.The study, scheduled to appear in the December print edition of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution and now available online, describes a new species that evolved to half the size of its ancestors during this period of global warming.

The hyena-like animal, Palaeonictis wingi, evolved from the size of a bear to the size of a coyote during a 200,000-year period when Earth's average temperature increased about 15 degrees Fahrenheit. Following this global warming event, Earth's temperature cooled and the animal evolved to a larger size.

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22 posted on 08/31/2010 4:05:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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Gravity (a change in gravity) could reduce the sizes of the next or next-next generation of creatures of a given kind.


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