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Sharks are sometimes referred to as “living fossils”. Ancient sharks lived in the oceans long before animals colonized the land. Their history goes back to at least 400 million…
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Between 2,000 and 3,000 ancient #shark species have been described based on the fossil evidence. Ancestry of sharks dates back before the earliest known dinosaur. Although the dinosaurs are long gone, sharks still live on. #fossils #sharks

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Between 2,000 and 3,000 ancient #shark species have been described based on the fossil evidence. Ancestry of sharks dates back before the earliest known dinosaur. Although the dinosaurs are long gone, sharks still live on. #fossils #sharks

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