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Analysis of Riversleigh fossils has revealed fascinating new facts about a tiny possum's ancestors. Scientists have long known that the miniature feather-tailed possums in Australia and the island of New Guinea members of the marsupial family Acrobatidae were evolutionary cousins, but where they started their long evolutionary journey has been a bit of a mystery until now. ....

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