Mother’s Day is a lot older than we thought

It’s been a while since I blogged any paleontology news… Families: 260 Million years, and counting.

Reuters => Fossil shows parents doted 260 million years ago

LONDON (Reuters) – Parents have been doting over their offspring for a very, very long time, it seems. A South African fossil suggests pelycosaurs — intermediates between reptiles and mammals that lived in the Permian Period before the rise of dinosaurs — may have been caring parents 260 million years ago, scientists said on Wednesday.

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