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There's a bird that has "evolved" back into existence twice​

The Aldabra white-throated rail may not be a very well known bird, but it's certainly a remarkable one. The flightless creature first found itself in trouble around 136,000 years ago when it went extinct—something it's done twice. However, a 2019 study published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society explained that "the rail is an example of a rarely observed phenomenon called You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., in which the same ancestral lineage produces parallel offshoot species at different points in time." Because of this, it's been able to rally and "evolve" back into existence both times it was essentially wiped out.

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