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Two new studies reveal fascinating new information about why some animals are able to live so long. Let me introduce you to five animals who lived over a century, and their remarkable lives.
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Determining the age of fish has been historically difficult, primarily involving lethal methods. A new DNA test solves this problem.
Tiktaalik: bridging the gap between land and sea.
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Little skates that ‘walk’ across the ocean floor show how fish brains evolved to pave the way for working legs.
Ken in the field with his team from the ANU in 1990 at Gogo (left to right) Dr Peter Pridmore, Prof Ken Campbell, Mrs Val Elder and Dr Richard Barwick.
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One of Australia’s most distinguished palaeontologists will be farewelled at a funeral in Canberra today.