The team, which includes University of Oxford researchers, say that may have an impact on the development of vaccines.

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A 13,000-year-old carving discovered in an ancient cave is being hailed as one of the most significant examples of prehistoric art ever found in Britain. It is believed the carving may have been ...

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A recently discovered prehistoric skull of Jama-coaque culture from Manabi, Ecuador shows a pattern of incised lines on seven of the anterior maxillary teeth. This example of dental incision is unique ...

The entrance to the Menga dolmen in Antequera, Spain. The prehistoric monument is thought to be almost 6,000 years old.© CaronB/iStock/Getty Images Plus Interior chamber of the Menga dolmen.

Other prehistoric examples of autapomorphic giantism include the extinct mega-ducks of Hawaii, as well as the dodo, which was essentially an enormous pigeon, said Dr. Worthy.

The grave was first excavated in 1997 at a prehistoric cemetery in Irkutsk, a Russian city near the southern tip of Lake Baikal, the oldest and deepest freshwater lake in the world.