Anomocephalus and Tiarajudens (IMAGE)

University of the Witwatersrand

Anomocephalus and Tiarajudens

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Head-butting and canine display during male-male combat first appeared some 270 million years ago. This is what researchers from the Evolutionary Studies Institute at Wits found when they conducted an updated and more in-depth study of the herbivorous mammalian ancestor, Tiarajudens eccentricus, discovered four years ago.

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