Whiskers Mark Milestone in Evolution of Mammals From Reptiles
by: University of Sheffield
written November 10, 2011
Whiskers appeared on the first mammals to help them use touch to sense things in their environment event in the dark. This is an advantage to reptiles who are whisker-less. Even though not all mammals today have whiskers most of us have evolved from the early mammals with whiskers. This is interesting to see how we adapted to our environments, we were unable to see in the dark so somewhere along the way we mammals grew whiskers, It is neat how animals adapt to survive. It made me wonder if the maggots/flies in my project will have different behaviors in the different environments.
Bibliography:University of Sheffield. "Whiskers marked milestone in evolution of mammals from reptiles." ScienceDaily, 10 Nov. 2011. Web. 16 Nov. 2011
by: University of Sheffield
written November 10, 2011
Whiskers appeared on the first mammals to help them use touch to sense things in their environment event in the dark. This is an advantage to reptiles who are whisker-less. Even though not all mammals today have whiskers most of us have evolved from the early mammals with whiskers. This is interesting to see how we adapted to our environments, we were unable to see in the dark so somewhere along the way we mammals grew whiskers, It is neat how animals adapt to survive. It made me wonder if the maggots/flies in my project will have different behaviors in the different environments.
Bibliography:University of Sheffield. "Whiskers marked milestone in evolution of mammals from reptiles." ScienceDaily, 10 Nov. 2011. Web. 16 Nov. 2011
What an interesting topic and it relates to what we are studying. I really like that you connected this to your investigation in class. Be srue that you have one paragraph as your summary of the entire article and one paragraph reflection.
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