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The naturalists who studied the bones were convinced they had come from a humanlike giant.

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The woolly mammoth had a thick layer of fat to insulate against the cold.

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Mammoths' huge tusks may have been used like a snowplow to expose vegetation or to break up ice.

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The remains suggests that the woolly mammoth's range had been in decline for several thousand years before they disappeared.

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It has been clear that mammoths arose in Africa because fossils of ancestral mammoths dating back to 5 million years ago have been found here.

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Studies of DNA from 40 woolly mammoth specimens show its population and range expanded as the world entered the last ice age.

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A meteorite impact in North America triggered catastrophic change.

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A meteorite impact in North America triggered catastrophic change.

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Some steppe mammoths were becoming ever more specialised for cold climates and open grassland, giving rise to the woolly mammoth, the most famous of its kind.

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According to analysis of the skeleton of the Tasmanian Tigers, it has been found that these carnivores mainly relied on stamina than speed in the chase.

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According to analysis of the skeleton of the Tasmanian Tigers, it has been found that these carnivores mainly relied on stamina than speed in the chase.

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Tasmanian Tigers seldom set up some resistance in front of the foes and used to die out of fear when captured.

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The Tasmanian Tigers's stomachs were adapted in a way for compensating longer period without eating when the tigers failed to hunt and during food scarcity.

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The Tasmanian Tigers's stomachs were adapted in a way for compensating longer without eating when the tigers failed to hunt and during food scarcity.

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The last Tasmanian tiger perished in the Hobart Zoo in 1936 and this marked the termination to this species.

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The last Tasmanian tiger perished in the Hobart Zoo in 1936 and this marked the termination to this species.

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Now many geneticists assert that they are capable of recreating a clone from DNA extracted from its bone specimen.

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Now many geneticists assert that they are capable of recreating a clone from DNA extracted from its bone specimen.

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The stomach of the tigers was mascular and had an ability to distend for allowing the animal to eat huge amount of food at one time.

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The cheetah was ______.

Tasmanian tigers were normally nocturnal ambush predators. They preferred to single out their preys and exhaust them before killing.

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Whatever its factual validity may be, it can truly claim a noble heritage: its earliest proponent was Plato.

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Plato described Atlantis as a prosperous nation out to expand its domain.

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The Atlanteans made a grave mistake by seeking to conquer Greece. They could not withstand the Greek's military might.

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The Atlantis was a noble, sophisticated society that reigned in peace for centuries.

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The Atlantis was a noble, sophisticated society that reigned in peace for centuries until its people became ____ (自满的) and ____ (贪婪的).

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The earthquakes and tsunamis devastated the rest of the Minoan Civilisation, whose remnants were easily conquered by Greek forces.

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Regardless of the truth, the sunken Atlantis went on to captivate people generation after generation.

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Plato ascribed the destruction of the continent to Atlanteans' arrogance and endless desires, which incurred punishment from the Greek god Zeus.

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Plato ascribed the destruction of the continent to Atlanteans' arrogance and endless desires, which incurred punishment from the Greek god Zeus.

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The English word for 海峡 is

Maybe Plato was intentionally blurring the historical facts to suit his purposes.

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Atlantis became entrenched in folklore all around the world, charted on ocean maps and sought by explorers.

In the past few years, a wealth of new information has emerged, thanks in part to DNA studies.

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Thanks to hairs from two frozen specimens, around half the woolly mammoth genome has now been sequenced.

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The female kangaroo has a ___

Many scientists believe that they would be able to reproduce a clone from the available DNA of a 136-year-old Thylacine specimen conserved in ethanol since 1866.

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The geneticists of the Australian museum believe they would be able to replicate bits of this wonderful creature from its century-old ancestor.

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Tasmanian Tigers seldom set up some resistance in front of the foes and used to die out of fear when captured.

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Dingo is somewhat responsible for the extinction of the Tasmanian tigers because these wild dogs may have competed for food and shelter with the tigers, resulting in the death of the tigers in some areas.

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Until now, there have been hundreds of reported sightings of Tasmanian tigers but none has been confirmed.

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The hypothesis blamed that mammoth's demise on the spread of spear-wielding human hunters.

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