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  • One solution is to borrow a long-extinct local style from the 1800s called the "dogtrot house," which features a long breezeway in the middle.

    Homes That Go Local 2011

  • His solution in many cases is to borrow a long-extinct local style from the 1800s called the "dogtrot house," which features a long breezeway in the middle.

    Top Architects Go Local Nancy Keates 2011

  • She fumbled the match-box from his pocket and struck a match to enable him to light his long-extinct cigar.

    THE KANAKA SURF 2010

  • In the same year Hitler even more inexplicably managed to resurrect the long-extinct dinosaurs and quickly incorporate them into the ranks of the fascist army.

    Dino D-Day mod for Half-Life 2 - Mod DB 2009

  • Using ancient DNA extracted from specimens of woolly mammoths preserved in the Siberian permafrost, researchers from the University of Adelaide and other universities managed to reconstruct the hemoglobin of these long-extinct beasts.

    Mammoth Blood Brought Back to Life | Impact Lab 2010

  • "Your Inner Fish" by paleontologist Neil Shubin is a guided tour of human body parts that parallel long-extinct fish, bacteria and worms.

    Confronting People With Anger Issues Melinda Beck 2010

  • "Your Inner Fish" by paleontologist Neil Shubin is a guided tour of human body parts that parallel long-extinct fish, bacteria and worms.

    Confronting People With Anger Issues Melinda Beck 2010

  • The burly Ice Age hunters known as Neanderthals, a long-extinct species, survive today in the genes of almost everyone outside Africa, according to an international research team who offer the first molecular evidence that early humans mated and produced children in liaisons with Neanderthals.

    Most People Carry Neanderthal Genes 2010

  • Moreover, the gin that's used isn't even modern-day London Dry gin, but a curious, long-extinct animal known as Old Tom gin.

    Tony Sachs: Old Tom For A New Century: A Long-Lost Spirit Makes A Comeback 2010

  • "Your Inner Fish" by paleontologist Neil Shubin is a guided tour of human body parts that parallel long-extinct fish, bacteria and worms.

    Confronting People With Anger Issues Melinda Beck 2010

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