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☆ Ancient giant dolphin discovered in the Amazon
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

And though there are Amazonian freshwater dolphin species alive today, they aren’t close kin to that ancient cetacean. There’s the South Asian river dolphin (Platanista genus) and the Amazon river dolphin (Inia genus), also known as the pink river dolphin, and the two groups include several species and subspecies. Researchers discovered the Amazonian dolphin fossil in 2018, near the Napo River in Loreto, Peru. At first, they thought it would turn out to be an ancient relative of modern Amazonian river dolphins. “That was a moment where everybody freaked out, because it wasn’t an Amazonian river dolphin,” Benites-Palomino said.

Persons: ”, Jorge Velez, ” Velez, Juarbe, Aldo Benites, Palomino, John J, Flynn, Palomino “, John, freaked, Benites, yacuruna, Rodolfo Salas, Gismondi, ” Benites, Pebanista, ” Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, American Association for, Advancement of Science, Juarbe, of Los, International Union for, Nature, IUCN, University of Zurich’s Department of Paleontology, American Museum of, of, World Wildlife Fund, Velez, Scientific Locations: Peruvian, South Asia, America, of Los Angeles County, Loreto , Peru, New York City, Peru, of Lima, Amazonia

☆ Exclusive-A Close Encounter With the 'Alien Bodies' in Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

Maussan claims they were found around 2017 in Peru, near the pre-Columbian Nazca Lines. They have the same physical appearance, they are the same," Maussan said of Victoria and the two bodies he presented in Mexico. How the bodies arrived in Mexico is a question he says he cannot answer. Jose de Jesus Zalce Benitez, Director of the Health Sciences Research Institute of the Secretary of the Navy, participated in the congressional hearing, bolstering Maussan's claims. (Reporting by Cassandra Garrison in Mexico City; additional reporting by Marco Aquino in Lima; editing by Stephen Eisenhammer and Rosalba O'Brien)

Persons: Cassandra Garrison, Jaime Maussan, Maussan, Elsa Tomasto, David Spergel, Rodolfo Salas, Gismondi, Leslie Urteaga, I'm, Clara, Mauricio, Jose de Jesus Zalce Benitez, Julieta Fierro, Fierro, Marco Aquino, Stephen Eisenhammer, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY, Reuters, Nazca Lines, Princeton, NASA, Peruvian, Peruvian Culture, Health Sciences Research, Navy, University's, of Astronomy, UNAM Locations: Cassandra Garrison MEXICO, Mexican, Mexico City, Santa Fe, Peru, Peruvian, Victoria, Mexico, UNAM, Lima

The bodies appear ancient and share characteristics with humans: two eyes, a mouth, two arms, two legs. Maussan claims they were found around 2017 in Peru, near the pre-Columbian Nazca Lines. They have the same physical appearance, they are the same," Maussan said of Victoria and the two bodies he presented in Mexico. How the bodies arrived in Mexico is a question he says he cannot answer. Jose de Jesus Zalce Benitez, Director of the Health Sciences Research Institute of the Secretary of the Navy, participated in the congressional hearing, bolstering Maussan's claims.

Persons: Jaime Maussan, Raquel Cunha, Maussan, Elsa Tomasto, David Spergel, Rodolfo Salas, Gismondi, Leslie Urteaga, I'm, Clara, Mauricio, Jose de Jesus Zalce Benitez, Julieta Fierro, Fierro, Cassandra Garrison, Marco Aquino, Stephen Eisenhammer, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Nazca Lines, Princeton, NASA, Peruvian, Peruvian Culture, Health Sciences Research, Navy, University's, of Astronomy, UNAM, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, Mexican, Santa Fe, Peru, Peruvian, Victoria, UNAM, Lima

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