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 * ...that Castorocauda lutrasimilis, a recently described mammal relative that looked like an otter with a beaver's tail, evolved a semi-aquatic lifestyle 110 million years earlier than any other mammal-like animal?


 * ... that Nanoraphidia electroburmica, known from a fossil in amber, is the smallest known snakefly species, living or extinct?


 * ... that the first settlers of Tell Halula brought fully domesticated forms of wheat, barley and flax from somewhere else, circa 7750 BC?


 * ...that fossil Thelodont fish (depiction pictured) surprised scientists by showing that stomachs evolved before jaws?


 * ... that during the 20th century, the first large-scale excavation of dinosaur footprints was undertaken in Texas for an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History?