The fossil consists of a complete skull of an archaeocyte, an extinct group of ancestors of modern cetaceans.

“巴基鲸”化石由一个原细胞的完整头盖骨所组成，这是现代鲸类祖先中已经灭绝的一个物种。

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Geigl and her colleagues looked at 3200-year-old fossil bones belonging to a single individual of an extinct cattle species called an aurochs.

盖格尔和她的同事们研究了3200年前的骨头化石，这些骨头属于一种已经灭绝的叫做欧洲野牛的种类。

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It may look like a cross between a seal and an otter; but an Arctic fossil could, scientists say, hold the secret of seal evolution in its feet.

海豹和水獭的进化之间可能有交叉，但是科学家称，北极发现的一具化石可能揭开海豹的腿进化的秘密。

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He found fossil remains of the same kind of an early plant in areas of Africa, South America,India, Australia and even Antarctica.

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The museum also has thousands of fossil remains of an ancient kind of wolf.

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As a late bloomer, Mr Nilekani argues, India can avoid mistakes made by early industrialisers, such as an overdependence on fossil fuels and unsustainable pension policies.

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The highest potential for man-made quakes may come from the development of carbon-capture technology, an effort to recover the carbon dioxide released by fossil fuels and blamed for an increase in global temperatures.

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Nature heavily skews the odds against an animal becoming a fossil most simply decompose.

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