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Science 22 July 2005:
Vol. 309. no. 5734, pp. 559 - 560
DOI: 10.1126/science.1112246
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EVOLUTION:
Of Whale Knuckles and Placental Trees

Christian de Muizon

The Rise of Placental Mammals
Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades
Kenneth D. Rose and J. David Archibald, Eds.
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2005. 271 pp. $95, £63.50. ISBN 0-8018-8022-X.

Focusing on anatomical evidence but not ignoring findings from molecular studies, the contributors discuss our current understanding of the initial radiation and ordinal relationships of placental mammals.
The reviewer is at the Département Histoire de la Terre, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 57 Rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France. E-mail: muizon{at}mnhn.fr

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