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Giant tortoise believed extinct confirmed alive in the Galapagos Islands

Researchers this week confirmed that a rare tortoise discovered in 2019 is part of a long-considered-extinct species, the fantastic giant tortoise - 'with a current known population size of a single individual.' ....

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Extinct 'horned' crocodile gets new spot in the tree of life

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IMAGE: A skull of the extinct horned crocodile from Madagascar (Voay robustus), which is part of the American Museum of Natural History s paleontology collection.
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Credit: M. Ellison/©AMNH
A study led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History has resolved a long-standing controversy about an extinct horned crocodile that likely lived among humans in Madagascar. Based on ancient DNA, the research shows that the horned crocodile was closely related to true crocodiles, including the famous Nile crocodile, but on a separate branch of the crocodile family tree. The study, published today in the journal
Communications Biology, contradicts the most recent scientific thinking about the horned crocodile s evolutionary relationships and also suggests that the ancestor of modern crocodiles likely originated in Africa. ....

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