Diictodon used burrows to breed and a male parent may have stayed behind to feed it.

Is This The Oldest Dad In The Fossil Record? Eons

Premiered May 26, 2022
Is This The Oldest Dad In The Fossil Record?

Fossil evidence suggests Diictodon used burrows to breed, and that a parent stayed behind to feed and protect their young. And the parent that stayed behind? It might’ve been the male.

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Eons

Join hosts Michelle Barboza-Ramirez, Kallie Moore, and Blake de Pastino as they take you on a journey through the history of life on Earth. From the dawn of life in the Archaean Eon through the Mesozoic Era — the so-called “Age of Dinosaurs” -- right up to the end of the most recent Ice Age.

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