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- ...that prehistoric frog Beelzebufo may have grown to over 40 cm (16 in)* (size comparison pictured), larger than any living frogs, and is called "the Frog from Hell" by the media?
- ... that Algeripithecus, a 46–50 million year old fossil primate, was once crucial for the African origins of simians (monkeys and apes), but now suggests African origins for lemurs and lorisoids?
- ...that British archaeologist J. Desmond Clark discovered a site at Zambia's Kalambo Falls containing artifacts from over 250,000 years of human culture?
- ... that the Late Cretaceous madtsoiid snake Menarana had several adaptations for head-first burrowing, but its large size may have made burrowing difficult or impossible?
- ... that the extinct Gigantoproductus giganteus was the largest known species of brachiopod?