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In the Catch of a South African Trawler Slept in 1938 a Blue Fish that Science Knew only by Its Fossils

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In December 1938, on a South African port, an unrecognizable blue fish was sorted among the catches of a trawler. What no one knows yet is that this animal belongs to a species that science knew only by its fossils, which had disappeared for 70 million years. This fortuitous discovery will transform our very conception of extinction. More
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In December 1938, on a South African port, an unrecognizable blue fish was sorted among the catches of a trawler. What no one knows yet is that this animal belongs to a species that science knew only by its fossils, which had disappeared for 70 million years. This fortuitous discovery will transform our very conception of extinction. More

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SciencePost broke the news on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
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