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Scientists just discovered a lost branch of Australia’s marsupials

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Fossils from Queensland suggest a newly recognized marsupial order may have survived in Australia for around 35 million years, rewriting part of the story of how the continent’s unique mammals evolved. The discovery challenges the idea that Australia’s marsupials all came from a single straightforward ancestral lineage.


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