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Alligators may **t have changed much in 8 million years
![]() ![]() ![]() The species of alligator roaming Florida's swamps and golf courses may be millions of years older than previously thought, scientists from the University of Florida said. What's more, the sharp-toothed reptiles we see today may be almost biologically identical to their millennia-old ancestors — an incredibly rare trait for most living species, according to a pair of studies shared with Mashable this week. "What we saw 8 million years ago in Florida is virtually the same thing as what we have there today," Evan Whiting, the studies' lead author and a vertebrate paleontologist, said by phone from Gainesville. Read more... More about Environmental Conservation, Sea Level Rise, Climate Change, Florida, and American Alligator ??????? ??????: Alligators may **t have changed much in 8 million years || ??????: rss || ??????: اسم منتداك
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