- by foxnews
- 13 Mar 2025
Researchers have pinpointed exactly how and when echidnas likely arrived in Australia as part of a fossil analysis shedding new light on the origins of egg-laying mammals.
The researchers have also classified the earliest monotreme, a tiny insect-eating creature that lived an estimated 126m years ago, in its own mammalian family. The animal, Teinolophos trusleri, weighed an estimated 40g and lived at a time when southeastern Australia lay close to the south pole, as part of the supercontinent Gondwana.
A traveler says a fellow passenger intruded on her space on an airplane. Social media users reacted to the post, with some referring to it as a "manspreading" moment.
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