Ancient wildebeest cousin had weird duck-like nose

In an ancient streambed on Kenya’s Rusinga Island, scientists have unearthed fossils of a wildebeest-like creature named Rusingoryx that boasted a weird nasal structure that isn’t shared by any mammal ever known. Researchers said on Thursday the crescent-shaped protrusion atop the head of Rusingoryx, which roamed Africa’s savannas tens of thousands of years ago, was unlike anything on any other known mammal, past or present.

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