Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton

July 24, 2008 By MARI YAMAGUCHI , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday.



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  • drel - Jul 24, 2008
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    "Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton"...

    It's 100% complete, except for the missing bones.

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    yes I liked that too.

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