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Stonehenge's Little Sister, a Lightweight Tyrant
Archaeologists have found evidence of a mini-Stonehenge less than two miles from the famed larger monument. The newfound site, named Bluehenge, is missing its stones—but is represented by 27 holes and chips of rock. Together, the sites may have served as a funeral complex.
Elsewhere in Europe, a group of amateur dinosaur enthusiasts has found some of the largest known dinosaur footprints—Jurassic sauropod tracks measuring about five feet in diameter. Scientists continue to investigate the site, in eastern France, in hopes of uncovering additional tracks.
And in other dinosaur news, researchers have found a slender cousin of T. rex. The streamlined, lightweight animal had an unusual body plan among the otherwise stocky tyrant dinosaurs, and probably relied upon speed and agility to hunt small prey.
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