The article discusses recent studies revealing how dinosaurs interacted with their environments and their impact on early mammals during the Mesozoic era. Once believed to be inferior, early mammals were small, nocturnal insectivores living in the shadow of the dominant dinosaurs. Technological advances have enabled scientists to re-examine fossil evidence, revealing that while dinosaurs were thought to be unguarded, the ecological dynamics of that era were more complex. The extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous allowed mammals to flourish, transforming the ecological landscape and paving the way for their evolution.
Dinosaurs once dominated the ecosystem, leaving early mammals in a subordinate role, while new fossil studies reveal complex interactions between them and their environment.
The extinction event that occurred at the end of the Cretaceous was pivotal for the rise of mammals, allowing them to finally thrive after the reign of dinosaurs.
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