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| | ScienceDaily: Kangaroo, Platypus Are Not Related After All; Duke Scientists Refute Current Molecular Method Of ... |
 | | Results of the study are published in the July 1, 2001 issue of the journal Mammalian Genome. |
 | | Such conclusive results led the researchers to strongly support the Theria hypothesis of classifying the three major groups of mammals. |
 | | The Theria hypothesis holds that eutherians (humans, rats, pigs, whales, etc.) and marsupials (kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, etc.) have evolved from a common ancestor, and monotremes (platypus, echidna) have evolved from a different ancestor and on a separate land mass. |
| www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2001/07/010706081043.htm (2338 words) |
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