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In Mongolia, archaeologists have unearthed the oldest rabbit

Researchers from Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt Universität) found fossils in Mongolia, the oldest representative of a family of rabbits aged 55 million years.
This type is called Gomphos elkema, he looked like a modern rabbit. For example, the hind legs found an animal - more than twice the length of the front and, apparently, Gomphos jumped like a modern rabbit.
Earlier findings of animal-related [...]

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In Mongolia, was found 2.5-millennial mummy

President of the German Archaeological Institute (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) Hermann Parzinger (Hermann Parzinger) has announced the "extraordinary discovery" at a press conference in Berlin.
The Scythian warrior was found in June at an altitude of 2.6 km in the Altai Mountains, in the intact burial mound. Warrior, who was obviously wealthy, was covered with furs of beaver and sable, as well as sheepskin. Intact skin on his body is covered [...]

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New carnivorous dinosaurs from Mongolia

Two new species of predators of the Cretaceous period were subjected to systematic biological research team of paleontologists led by Alan Turner (Alan Turner), a paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History (American Museum of Natural History). It is interesting that one of these things belongs to the smallest flightless dinosaur of them all, known to science.
One species - Dinosaur Tsaagan mangas-is a representative of the family [...]

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Snowman from Mongolia, "Moore Almasyn"

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Abridged translation N.Munkueva
Publication prepared M.Trahtengerts
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Letter Zhugderiyna Damdin Professor BF Piston on June 20, 1967
Dear BF Porshnev, warm greetings and wishes the best of success in scientific work. I am a simple hunter, happy to write this letter from a distant Mongolia. Your name often heard, but there was no reason for the correspondence. Now located in Ulan Bator, the Soviet [...]

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Worm of Mongolia kill at a distance

Many people claim to have seen them. It is a giant worm that can kill at a distance, throwing a deadly poison, or battling the victim an electric discharge on contact. For a long time the animal is considered a part of Mongolian folklore, but the recent expedition to the Gobi desert area south seems to have found evidence that this mysterious creation actually exists.
It comes from the large [...]

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