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... that over the course of the history of stegosaur research, their iconic back plates have been thought to function as armor plating, to regulate body temperature, or to attract mates?
... that French paleontologist Charles Lamberton scathingly rebutted a theory claiming that some extinct, giant lemurs were aquatic and that one of them was an "arboreal-aquatic acrobat"?
... that modern humans have been found to inhabit various countries for periods ranging from almost 200,000 years to less than 800 years?
... that microbial mats increase our understanding of evolution by helping to preserve soft-bodied organisms and soft parts of hard-shelled animals?
... that the type specimen of Kinkonychelys represents the first turtle skull described from the pre-Holocene era in Madagascar?