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A fishy mammal ID
For more than a century, the fossilized skull of an ancient fish was misidentified as a primate
Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils
Tagged Argentina, Arrhinolemur scalabrinii, Brian Sidlauskas, dentition, Florentino Ameghino, fossils, genus, George Gaylord Simpson, getinvolved, Greek, John Lundberg; Academy of Natural Sciences, Latin, lemur, Oregon State University, paleontologist, paleontology, primate, South America, species, taxonomy, teeth
Chimp’s gift for numbers
Translating numbers into colors may explain an animal’s apparent memory trick
Posted in Animals
Tagged Ayumu, chimpanzee, getinvolved, memory, Nicholas Humphrey, primate, psychology, synesthesia, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, topstories, zoology
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