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moa moa
moa [Maori], common name for an extinct flightless bird of New Zealand related to the kiwi , the emu, the cassowary, and the ostrich . The various species ranged in size from that of a turkey to the 10-ft (3-m) Dinornis giganteus. The bird had a short stout bill and was wingless—even the... Read more
Captorhinomorpha Captorhinomorpha
Captorhinomorpha (subclass Anapsida, order Cotylosauria) A suborder of reptiles which appeared in the Carboniferous and became extinct after the early Permian. The suborder includes the earliest known reptiles, retaining some amphibian features, but distinctly reptilian in the form of their skulls,... Read more
Insectivora Insectivora
Insectivora (infraclass Eutheria, cohort Unguiculata) An order, once recognized, that included the ancestors of all eutherian mammals, nowadays grouped in four orders: Proteutheria, comprising many extinct forms; Scandentia, the tree shrews; Macroscelidea, the elephant shrews; and Lipotyphla, the... Read more
Man Man
Man (hominids) Hominidae, the mammalian family that includes modern humans and their immediately extinct ancestors, contains four genera: Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and Homo. The family is distinguished from the African apes (their closest living relatives) by a number of... Read more
extinction extinction
extinction in biology, disappearance of species of living organisms. Extinction occurs as a result of changed conditions to which the species is not suited. If no member of the affected species survives and reproduces, the entire line dies out, leaving no descendants. This was the case with the... Read more
Arthropoda Arthropoda
Arthropoda [Gr.,=jointed feet], largest and most diverse animal phylum. The arthropods include crustaceans , insects , centipedes , millipedes , symphylans, pauropodans, and the extinct trilobites . Arthropods are characterized by a segmented body covered by a jointed external skeleton... Read more
quagga quagga
quagga extinct S. Afr. animal allied to the ass and the zebra. XVIII. Said to be orig. Hottentot, but now Xhosa in the form iqwara.... Read more
Homo Homo
Homo The genus of primates that includes modern humans (H. sapiens, the only living representative) and various extinct species. The oldest Homo fossils are those of H. habilis and H. rudolfensis, which first appeared in Africa 2.2–2.4 million years ago. Both species used simple stone... Read more
progymnosperms progymnosperms
progymnosperms An extinct group of plants that flourished in the mid- to late Devonian (360–350 million years ago) and contained the ancestors of modern gymnosperms (conifers and cycads). They were shrubs and trees, some up to 12 m tall, with frondlike leaves. Progymnosperms evolved a... Read more

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Something old, something new; Their religion is perhaps the world's oldest,...
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) ...Babylon. During the time of Jesus, Zoroastrianism was the dominant world religion. Scholars...and everything destructive." Zoroastrianism is "essentially an ethical dualism...think we're extinct." Another site features Zoroastrian cooking, including recipes...

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