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Mammal-like Triassic creatures defeated polar winters by sleeping

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The branches of a well-built plant-eating mammal that inhabited Antarctica 250 million years ago provide the oldest known evidence that animals deployed in winter-like states to survive lean periods such as polar winters. The interpretation of an artist shows the mammalian relative Lystrosaurus during the Triassic period …

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Leaders of Mali coups, ECOWAS fails to agree on transition | News

Talks between a delegation of West African envoys and the military officers overthrowing Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita have ended without a deal on how the country should return to civilian rule following last week’s coup. The meditation team from the regional block Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) …

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