Dearcmhara shawcrossi is a newly named ancient reptile that swam the ancient seas around modern-day Scotland. Is it the Loch Ness monster?!? No. No it is not. But it is the find and study of a very rare fossil that almost didn’t happen.Why? Kim Horcher discusses with Phil Torres (Scientist, host of Al Jazeera America’s TechKnow) and Jason G. Goldman (Scientist, writer for Scientific American, BBC Future).
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