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Ghostly Lineage of Big Cats

Paleontologists know pretty much everything about the big cats that roam our planet, but the most illusive aspect of these magnificent creatures is their heritage. All of today’s big cat species evolved more than 11 million years ago, yet their evolutionary history remains a mystery. But scientists have recently discovered a major clue about their origins, one that could provide a whole new starting place for solving this puzzle. Get the lowdown in this edition of PBS Eons.

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Camels Lived in Arctic

Palaeobiologists in Canada unearthed leg-bone fragments of a 3.5 million year-old camel that lived in the Arctic. The camel resembled those living today in the Sahara, but was much larger in size.

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Brits Halt Antarctic Project

British scientists have called off a $13 million drilling project that was an attempt to search for traces of prehistoric life at Lake Ellsworth in Antarctica. The project could be resumed in the future, but first some daunting technical challenges must be overcome.

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