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Day: September 17, 2014

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Sloths may be slow but their body size evolved really fast

Posted on September 17, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

Today’s sloths might be known as slow, small animals, but their ancestors developed large body sizes at an amazing rate, according to…

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    Deciduous trees flourished after dinosaur-killing meteor impact

    Posted on September 17, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

    Some 66 million years ago, a 10-km diameter chunk of rock hit the Yukatan peninsula near the site of the small town of Chicxulub with the…

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