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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T13:00:59.000Z",
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    "Animals",
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    "Paleontology",
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    "Papua New Guinea",
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  "textContent": "GNN has reported a-plenty on animals that were last seen in the 20th century and believed extinct that were then rediscovered, but a story from the island of New Guinea now stretches that pattern to its absolute limits. Known only from fossilized bones that date back 6,000-plus years, two species of arboreal marsupials have been […]\n\nThe post Marsupials Previously Thought Extinct for 6,000 Years Discovered: ‘A once-in-a-lifetime discovery’ appeared first on Good News Network.",
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