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Thorin was a true "last of its lineage."

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Scientists Inserted A Gene Into Mice That's Older Than Animal Life Itself And "Extraordinary" Things Happened

Ancient genes, modern mice.

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Scientists Have Watched 80,000 Generations of Evolution Unfold In The Longest Experiment Of Its Kind

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