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what is the meaning of living fossil?

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Living fossils are species discovered first as a fossil and believed extinct, but which is later found living. Any living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives, that has remained essentially unchanged from earlier geologic times and whose close relatives are usually extinct.Eg. Horseshoe.

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