In boneyards across the continent, scientists have found the fossils of a giant snake, a huge flightless bird, and a seven-foot kangaroo.

在整个非洲大陆的尸骨堆放地里，科学家们发现了一条巨蟒、一只不会飞的大鸟和一只七英尺高的袋鼠的化石。

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The fossils of living creatures will be distinctive, too.

生物的化石同样也独一无二的。

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Today visitors to Wadi Hitan walk a stone-lined path to see rocks that hold the fossils of the long-gone sea creatures.

今天的游客来到鲸鱼谷，行走在石头铺就的道路上，可以看到岩石以及早已作古的海洋生物的化石。

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The researchers used the fossils of a dinosaur that lived one hundred twenty-five million years ago.

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University of California biologist Bill Schopf studies ancient fossils and the dirt they are found in on earth.

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Mary and her father collected fossils in their village on the southern coast of Great Britain.

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Researchers have discovered the fossils of what might be the earliest known dinosaur.

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The fossils of the dinosaur, Nyasasaurus parringtoni, were part of a collection at the Natural History Museum in London.

FORBES: Scientists Discover The Earliest Known Dinosaur

The study hinges on the analysis of existing fossils found in western North America, from Canada through to the south-west of the US, where the fossils of small reptiles are much better preserved than in other parts of the world.

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