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	Mammal Supertree

Djiezes

4-27-2007 10:20 AM

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mammal, tree of life, life, tree, evolution, visualization, pdf, mammals, fossil

Djiezes says:

See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/28_03_07_mammalstimeline_pdf.pdf
(don't forget to zoom in)

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