A massive compliation of molecular data to shows that not only did mammalian evolution have deep roots, but that the extant Orders of mammals did not become established until many millions of years after the dinosaurs had headed for their last round-up. In other words, the great end-Creatceous mass extinction had relatively little effect on mammal evolution.
- Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds
- Marcel Cardillo
- Andy Purvis
