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Hidden mysteries lie in wait inside Kenya's fossil treasury

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The Nairobi National museum is home to one of the world's largest collections of fossils, unrivalled in eastern Africa. Recently, the bone structure of a previously unknown prehistoric carnivore was rediscovered in the museum's storage, just one example of a long-forgotten discovery in this disorganised treasure trove of a museum.

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