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living vertebrates on Earth. Long before the appearance of salmon or sturgeon — or even dinosaurs — lamprey were wiggling through the shallow seas and up the rushing rivers of Pangaea, surviving on the strength of their muscular bodies and formidable, suction-cup mouths. By

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