This Creature Went Extinct 136,000 Years Ago – But Then Evolution Repeated Itself

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During that period, a woman named Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was walking through a fish market in South Africa. While looking at the catches, she caught sight of a large, live coelacanth, which she subsequently saved. Unsurprisingly, after a 66 million year absence, that discovery generated plenty of attention.

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