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Tuesday, 26 July 2022

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Fossil named after Sir David Attenborough ‘is first animal predator’

The fossil of the earliest known animal predator has been named after Sir David Attenborough.

The 560-million-year-old specimen is the first of its kind, and is thought to be the earliest creature to have a skeleton, researchers say.

Called Auroralumina attenboroughii, it was found in Charnwood Forest, near Leicester – a city with which Sir David has long established links.
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2 comments:

  1. dearieme26 July 2022 at 15:58

    A sad sight, the decline of Attenborough. Though I suppose he must have taken part in lots of TV programmes that have faked the evidence. After all, everything else on the telly is fake.

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  2. A K Haart26 July 2022 at 16:16

    dearieme - it is sad. I seem to remember some instances where some of his programmes were said to have used contrived scenes passed off as genuine.

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