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

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After studying the bones, the researchers realized that the younger set showed some interesting signs. For you see, those remains belonged to a white-throated rail, the species that spawned the Aldabra rail bird. And upon closer inspection, they noted it was beginning to follow the same evolutionary path as the latter.

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