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Scientists have recently discovered a 240 million year-old lizard! The Megachirella wachtleri is only 3 inches long, but it is the ancestor of all living lizards and snakes! The Triassic period fossil was found in the Dolomite mountains in Italy 15 years ago, but new technology has revealed the lizard’s monumental importance in understanding their evolution.
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Cave-dwelling crocodiles could be evolving into a new species. The dwarf crocodiles living in caves in Gabon have developed a specialized diet of bats and crickets. They’ve adapted to living in bat-guano filled water which turns their skin orange. Their DNA shows a unique haplotype, meaning they could deserve their own species distinction!
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Ancient dog bones from an archaeological dig in Germany provided new clues about how dogs evolved from wolves. The 5000 to 7000 year-old bones held DNA that suggested dogs were domesticated 30,000 years ago and then migrated around the world. Dogs from India, Ireland and Germany all have common ancestors. Your dog’s great-great times 4000 grandpa was a wolf!
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