Hippo history extracted from fossil teeth found in Kenya
Ancestor’s dentition reveals mammoth mammal’s African origins
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TOOTHY TALES Fossilized teeth from the newly identified Epirigenys lokonensis suggest that living hippos evolved from the first wave of large terrestrial mammals to invade Africa.
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