Read more about the article ANCIENT ARTEFACTS: Tools Dating Back Half A Million Years And Used By Extinct Human Ancestors Unearthed In Polish Cave
Picture shows the artefacts and drawings of them, during the analysis, undated. The flint tools discovered over 50 years ago in Tunel Wielki cave, in Poland were found to be half a million years old after an extensive project aimed at analysing artefacts by the University of Warsaw. (M. Kot/Newsflash)
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ANCIENT ARTEFACTS: Tools Dating Back Half A Million Years And Used By Extinct Human Ancestors Unearthed In Polish Cave

These tools used by an extinct ancestor of modern-day humans and found in a cave in Poland have been dated back half a million years. The impressive discovery was made at the Tunel Wielki cave in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in south-eastern Poland, with experts saying that the discovery challenges…

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October 21, 2022
Read more about the article DNA Confirms Galapagos Tortoise Is From Species Believed To Have Gone Extinct A Century Ago
DNA tests on a female tortoise found on the Galapagos Island of Fernandina in 2019, confirmed that the specimen is a Chelonoidis phantasticus. (Parque Nacional Galapagos/Real Press).
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DNA Confirms Galapagos Tortoise Is From Species Believed To Have Gone Extinct A Century Ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGieZbxZjaY Parque Nacional Galapagos/Real Press DNA testing has confirmed that a tortoise found in the Galapagos Islands is a member of a species that was believed to have gone extinct over 100 years ago. The Ecuadorian government announced that after running DNA tests on a female tortoise found on the…

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May 28, 2021
Read more about the article PETA Fury After Boy Catches Rare Seahorse In Net
PETA tweet about the "Hippocampus hippocampus” seahorse. (Newsflash)
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PETA Fury After Boy Catches Rare Seahorse In Net

An animal rights group are demanding a rare seahorse thought extinct In the North Sea that was captured by a nine-year-old boy be released after he donated it to a local aquarium. The lad caught the extremely rare short-snouted seahorse while playing with his landing net and PETA are furious…

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October 21, 2020
Read more about the article Ancient Extinct Armadillo Fossils On Brit Battleground
Giant armadillo remains found in dry river The remains of armadillo found in the river. (M.P. San Pedro/Newsflash)
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Ancient Extinct Armadillo Fossils On Brit Battleground

Unusually low water levels in a South American river have uncovered remains from a 700,000-year-old extinct armadillo species on the site of a historic battle, when a British fleet attacked Argentinian forces to gain access inland via the Parana River. The fossils, which included shattered pieces from the now-extinct animal's…

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September 1, 2020
Read more about the article Near-Extinct Porpoise Dies In Fishermens Net
Pic shows: The vaquita in the net. This is the moment fishermen try to free a vaquita – a porpoise species on the brink of extinction – that is caught up in a net despite it appearing to have already died.
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Near-Extinct Porpoise Dies In Fishermens Net

CEN This is the moment fishermen try to free a rare porpoise on the brink of extinction that has been caught up in their net. The ‘critically-endangered’ porpoise known as a vaquita was snarled in the fishermen’s net off the coast of Baja California, a state in north-western Mexico. According…

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March 11, 2020