Woolly rhinos may have grown strange extra ribs before going extinct
Odd bones attached to neck could have signaled genetic trouble
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RHINO TWILIGHT As woolly rhinos dwindled to extinction, their odds of having odd ribs attached to their neck bones may have risen. Here, one of the creatures is shown in a wall painting at Chauvet-Pont d’Arc Cave in southern France.
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