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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Sabertooth Cousin Found in Venezuela Tar Pit -- A First


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The remains of six scimitar cats—including this skull, photographed on August 12, 2008—were found in an ancient tar pit in eastern Venezuela, experts announced recently.

The site may also reveal a migration of North South American plants and animals two to three million years ago when the two continents unified, scientists say.

Photograph by Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images