Rafting on a wide and wild ocean

• Published in: Science
• Main Author: Godinot, Marc
• Other Authors: Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie - Paris (CR2P), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Faraway; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03897457; https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb4107

International audience Scientists first met with skepticism the notion that small mammals crossed large oceanic barriers to populate faraway lands. However, progress in phylogenetics during the 1980s forced researchers to admit that the excellent North American fossil record showed no relatives of S...