mammals

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Professor Ben Garrod, from the University of East Anglia, said while the piece could potentially be a mammoth's bone, it is possible it may also have come from a multitude of other large mammals.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Although the research was conducted in animal models, both tanycytes and astrocytes exist in all mammals, including humans.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

He adds they are important parts of the food chain and support birds, small mammals, fish and other wildlife.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The catastrophic 1969 offshore oil spill in Santa Barbara killed thousands of sea birds and marine mammals.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Five thousand years after llamas had been domesticated in the Andes, the Olmecs, Maya, Aztecs, and all other native societies of Mexico remained without pack animals and without any edible domestic mammals except for dogs.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond