HTTP:: Scientists Find Origins of Komodo Dragon
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According to the latest scientific study on the matter, it would appear that the famous Komodo Dragon, which currently lives mostly in Indonesia, first appeared and developed in Australia. Experts believe that the creature then migrated westwards, until it finally reached its current location, where it set up a permanent residence. Previously, evolutionary biologists believed that the Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) evolved in Indonesia, from a smaller ancestor, LiveScience reports. The older research also indicated that the increased size might have been a direct result of a lack of natural predators, as well as the fact that the Dragon specialized in hunting pygmy elephants known as Stegodons. In the new investigations, numerous fossils, ranging from 300,000 years old to four million years old, were extracted from Australia. After some debate and analysis, it was determined that the remains indeed belonged to Komodo Dragons, placing the fossils in Australia long before tho!
se in Indonesia. “When we compared these fossils to the bones of present-day Komodo dragons, they were identical. Now we can say Australia was also the birthplace of the three-meter (10 foot) Komodo dragon,†Queensland Museum in Australia vertebrate paleontologist and researcher Scott Hocknull explains. Until some 40,000 years a...
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