How Old Are Alligators?
BrainStuff
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4.0 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2022
⏱️ 7 minutes
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It turns out that as a species, alligators have remained unchanged for millions of years longer than anyone knew. Learn how researchers discovered this in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/reptiles/alligator-species-8-million-years-old.htm
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