Adalatherium (Credit: Andrey Atuchin)
(CN) Archeologists have uncovered another puzzle piece of the history behind prehistoric mammals following the discovery of a well-preserved fossil of a curious little creature whose name directly translates to “crazy beast.”
According to a 20 year-long study, published Thursday in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, the fossil named Adalatherium, fills in some important blanks about ancient mammals from the supercontinent of Gondwana 66 million years ago.
The study was conducted by a team of 14 international researchers, led by David Krause from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, and Simone Hoffmann from the New York Institute of Technology.
Updated: 6:22 PM PST December 17, 2020
PORTLAND, Ore. Thousands of Americans have gotten the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine this week, and millions are waiting in line.
But, a recent survey found that over one-quarter of the public remains vaccine hesitant, saying they probably or definitely would not get a COVID-19 vaccine even if it were available for free and deemed safe by scientists.
These fears are largely fueled by a network of false narratives and misinformation about the vaccines.
So, KGW set out to VERIFY: What are these false narratives, and why are they wrong?
Here are five false narratives about the COVID-19 vaccines:
Giant mouse relative dubbed crazy beast shared Gondwana with dinosaurs
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The 66-million-year-old mammal species Adalatherium featured a strange combination of anatomical features. Illustration courtesy of Andrey Atuchin
Dec. 18 (UPI) The newly published discovery of a giant mouse relative that lived alongside the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago suggests that many of Earth s earliest mammals were strange creatures.
The origins of storied animal lineages sometimes are described as evolutionary experiments. These primitive species often feature odd combinations of attributes not seen among their modern descendants.
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Adalatherium, which translates from the Malagasy and Greek languages as crazy beast, was one such experiment.
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Updated: 11:32 AM PST December 16, 2020
PORTLAND, Ore. Vaccines typically take 10 to 15 years to develop, test and release to the public. The coronavirus vaccines, however, took less than a year.
The Pfizer/BioTech vaccine has received emergency use approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is now being distributed to states. The Moderna vaccine will likely follow if it gains approval from the FDA this week.
So, KGW set out to VERIFY: How were these COVID-19 vaccines developed so fast?
The easy answer is money. The federal government and private sector poured billions of dollars into vaccine development, and this helped speed up the process.