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98. Searching for Our Aquatic Ancestors

People I (Mostly) Admire

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How Many Years Has It Passed?

TikTok is a species of flat-headed fish that lived 12 million years ago. Scientists have been searching for it in Pennsylvania since 1992. In July 2004, the team found TikTok's snout and other bones inside an old rock. The discovery was made after two weeks of hard work by six people digging through ice to find them.

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