It became known why crocodiles have hardly changed since the days of the dinosaurs

Modern science has a fairly accurate idea of what the distant ancestors of modern people looked like

crocodiles, which lived in the time of the dinosaurs, and, as it turned out, they are not very different from theThey also had elongated snouts, powerful tails, scales, and a distinctive gait.And now, as a result of a fresh study, it has finally become known why crocodiles have not changed much for such a long time.

Scientists from the University of Bristol inThe UK decided to conduct a study that evaluated the size and shape of the body of ancient reptiles, reports Nature Communications Biology. The resulting analysis showed that crocodiles follow the evolutionary model, which is better known as "discontinuous equilibrium".