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The complete mummified male dog was determined to be at least 1,200 years old, making it the oldest radiocarbon-dated specimen recovered from Castillo de Huarmey so far.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Several unusual features helped distinguish the specimen from known species.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

The specimen also demonstrates the exceptional scientific value of the Gobi Desert.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Any analysis that requires drilling or removing part of a specimen permanently alters an object that cannot be replaced.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

She was with a very small boy, unmistakably her brother, whose cap she removed by lifting it off his head with two fingers, as if it were a laboratory specimen.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

After some plants evolved leaves, they began shading out shorter specimens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

By comparing specimens preserved over many years, researchers were able to answer a fundamental question that would have been difficult to investigate through fieldwork alone.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

It was one of more than 1,000 specimens discovered by Tooley that were acquired by the Natural History Museum after his death.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The specimen is about 2 million years old, making it roughly 200,000 years older than adult Homo erectus fossils discovered elsewhere, including specimens from Dmanisi in Georgia that date to about 1.8 million years ago.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“We have more than three hundred thousand specimens from one hundred and sixty-six countries,” he said.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart