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Published online 5 September 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020902-7
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Triassic reptile saw red
Resurrected protein suggests that crocodiles' ancestors roamed at night.
A reptile from the Triassic period may have done its stalking at night. So suggest scientists who have resurrected a 240-million-year-old eye protein that sees dim light1.
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