Tri-Fanged Titan: Ancient African Monster Unearthed, Once Ruled the Prehistoric Realm!
The new species also helps scientists uncover more details about the relationships that existed in the food chain at the time.
“Once you figure out the relationships between these animals, you can start to do things like estimate how big do you think the common ancestor of these creatures was, what was the world like when that theoretical common ancestor might have been alive?” he said. “You can experiment with the data a little bit to figure out how these big evolutionary changes map onto other changes, like climate change and continental drift.”
While discoveries like this one could provide new insight into the large-scale history of life on planet Earth, they also simply remind us how lucky we are to not exist side-by-side with fearsome creatures like these.
After learning about the largest carnivorous mammal of ancient times, read about the evidence of the fabled “King Polar Bear” that was discovered in Alaska. Then, learn about the most terrifying prehistoric creatures that weren’t dinosaurs.
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