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Prehistoric 50-Foot Whale Discovered in Taiwan

By Sandy Parks · On January 19, 2023

(newsweek.com) – Last year members of a whale fossil escavation team were searching for fossils when they discovered four ribs sticking out of the ground deep in a jungle valley. The nearly complete fossil belongs to a big fin whale, such as a blue whale and dates to around 85,000 years ago. The excavation took about 3 months and the fossils had to be carried by foot back to the university. Read more.

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