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Mastodon
Mastodons or Mastodonts are
members of an extinct genus
Mammut of the order
Proboscidea; they resembled,
but were distinct from, the
woolly mammoth. While
mastodons were furry like
woolly mammoths, and similar
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Mammoth
A mammoth is any of a number
of an extinct genus of
elephant, often with long
curved tusks and, in
northern species, a covering
of long hair. They lived
during the Pleistocene epoch
from 1.6 million years ago
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Smilodon
Smilodon means knife tooth,
an entirely appropriate name
given its enormous fangs.
The smilodon species are
also known as Saber-Toothed
Cats (which is inaccurate
because there are other,
unrelated saber-toothed
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Homo heidelbergensis
Homo heidelbergensis
("Heidelberg Man") is an
extinct, potentially
distinct species of the
genus Homo and may be the
direct ancestor of Homo
neanderthalensis in Europe.
According to the "Recent Out
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Parallel evolution
Parallel evolution is the independent evolution of similar traits, starting from a similar ancestral condition. Frequently this is the situation in more closely related lineages, where several ... > more -
Evolution of the horse
The evolution in the structure of their teeth, odd-toed limbs, obvious mobility of the upper lip, and other aspects, joins the horse to the evolutionary line of odd-toed, hoofed mammals: the ... > more -
Evolution of cetaceans
The cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are descendants of land-living mammals, and remnants of their terrestrial origins can be found in the fact that they must breathe air from the surface; ... > more -
Homo ergaster
Homo ergaster ("working man") is an extinct hominid species (or subspecies, according to some authorities) which lived throughout eastern and southern Africa between 1.9 to 1.4 million years ago with ... > more -
Timeline of human evolution
The timeline of human evolution outlines the major events in the development of humans species and the evolution of human's ancestors. It begins with the time of the origin of life and presents a ... > more -
Homo antecessor
Homo antecessor is an extinct hominin species that was discovered by E. Carbonell, J.L. Arsuaga and J.M. Bermudez de Castro. They are one of the earliest known hominins in Europe, with those from the ... > more
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