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El tilcayo, primer felino salvaje descubierto en más de cien años

El linaje del pequeño animal, descrito por la científica Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz en los bosques nubosos de Bolivia, se separó del resto de los gatos tigre hace 1,4 millones de años

El tilcayo, primer felino salvaje descubierto en más de cien años

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Could Chinese explorers have settled New Zealand before the Maori?

For generations, the narrative of New Zealand’s human settlement has held that Polynesian voyagers – the ancestors of the Maori – arrived and settled the islands in the 13th century, followed by European explorers in the 17th century. This timeline underpins New Zealand’s history and its political model.

Could Chinese explorers have settled New Zealand before the Maori?

For generations, the narrative of New Zealand’s human settlement has held that Polynesian voyagers – the ancestors of the Maori – arrived and settled the islands in the 13th century, followed by European explorers in the 17th century. This timeline underpins New Zealand’s history and its political model.

Ask Ethan: How did atoms come to be?

At the core of everything we’ve ever touched, seen, or interacted with here on Earth is the same humble physical structure: the atom. Each human body possesses around 10²⁸ of them, and they come in just under 100 different species, or elements, through natural processes, and we’ve synthesized several dozen more in laboratory experiments.

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