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These Marsupials Were Thought Extinct for 6,000 Years. Scientists Found Them Alive in Remote Rainforest
The two marsupials were found living in the remote rainforests on the Vogelkop Peninsula of New Guinea.
Scientists have confirmed that two marsupial species, known only from ancient fossils for more than 7,000 years, are still ...
Researchers say the remarkable discovery was made using fossils, photos and a misidentified museum specimen ...
In paleontology, lineages that drop out of the fossil record and then re-emerge after long periods are termed ‘Lazarus taxa.’ ...
For thousands of years, scientists knew of two tiny marsupials in New Guinea only through fossils and local legend. Researchers had long considered these species extinct. However, a team recently ...
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Scientists find 2 marsupial species, thought to have gone extinct 6,000 years ago, living in the forests of New Guinea
The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, two marsupials believed to have died out thousands of years ago, are still alive in Papuan Indonesia.
Learn about two marsupial species discovered in New Guinea that were thought to have been extinct for 6,000 years.
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So, they are alive! Two “extinct” marsupials thought lost for 6,000 years found alive in New Guinea
Scientists have rediscovered two marsupial species in New Guinea that were believed to have gone extinct 6,000 years ago. The ...
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