Echidnas had recent amphibious ancestor

22 September 2009

Only 30 million years ago Australian and New Guinean echidnas had an amphibious, platypus-like ancestor, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Lead author was Dr Matt Phillips of the ANU Research School of Biology.

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