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The Sacred Ibis debate: The first test of evolution

In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte’s army invaded Egypt, returning with many treasures including large numbers of Sacred Ibis mummies. The ancient Egyptians revered the ibis and mummified literally millions of them. The French naturalist Georges Cuvier used these mummies to challenge an emerging idea of th...

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Autores principales: Curtis, Caitlin, Millar, Craig D., Lambert, David M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6159855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30260949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005558