(250517) -- CANBERRA, May 17, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This image provided by Flinders University on April 29, 2025 shows palaeontologist professor John Long (C) and two fellow researchers analyzing a replica of fossilized footprints. Fossilized footprints discovered in Australia's Victoria have revealed that reptiles may have walked the Earth up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought, Flinders University said on Thursday.
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