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... that the county of
Dorset
in England has
one of the most studied coastlines in the world
?
... that
prehistoric
ridgeway
trails, though often steep, were usually the firmest and safest
cart
tracks before the advent of
paved
roads
in western
Europe
?
... that
lice
from
mummified
guinea pigs
and
mites
preserved in
amber
while feeding on
spiders
have provided evidence for researchers in the field of
paleoparasitology
?
... that the extinct
Eocene
parasitic wasp
Brevivulva electroma
(pictured)
was named from the Greek words meaning "short amber wrapper"?
... that
Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen
, author of
The Land and Freshwater Mollusca of India
, was an early President of the
Malacological Society
?
... that the extinct ant
Asymphylomyrmex
(pictured)
was suggested to be a specialized group with no descendants?
... that highlights from the
history of ichthyosaur research
(example pictured)
include fossils of
pregnant females
, whale-sized
ichthyosaurs
from Nevada
, and
ichthyosaurs
with
swordfish
-like jaws?
...that the
Silurian
Lau extinction event
caused the Earth to temporarily return to a condition similar to how it was before
multicellular life
evolved?
...that the
Michelsberg culture
of
Neolithic
Central Europe
is known for its tulip-shaped
pottery
(pictured)
?
... that a new species of the extinct ant
Archimyrmex
was described in 2012?
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