Likely ancestor of all modern hoofed animals identified

Likely ancestor of all modern hoofed animals identified A team of anthropologists, paleontologists and Earth scientists from Kent State University, the City University of New York and the University of Michigan's Museum of Paleontology has for the first time identified the likely common ancestor of all modern hoofed animals. In their study, published in the Journal of Mammalian Evolution, the group analyzed fossils found in Colorado. In 2016, a museum volunteer discovered a fossil while exploring the Corral Bluffs, a …