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These prehistoric marine reptiles developed lengthy necks by including extra vertebrae

Thousands and thousands of years in the past, as dinosaur giants have been stomping round on land, different large reptiles have been dominating the oceans — and a few of them, like plesiosaurs and related animals, grew  extraordinarily lengthy, snake-like necks.

Now, scientists have found how a few of these early marine reptiles developed these prolonged necks slightly rapidly —  by including new vertebrae to their spines.

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