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Strange Science: Timeline |
 | | After watching them move and eat, he has concluded that the simple creatures (later to be classified as cnidarians) are animals, not plants. |
| | 1749-Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon publishes the first volume of Historie Naturelle, claiming that the planets were formed by a comet crashing into the sun. |
| | Found near the remains of giant lizards and pygmy elephants, it is formally named Homo floresiensis and nicknamed the "hobbit." Though some suspect it's a kind of malformed, small-brained midget, this interpretation will be answered by braincase scans and the announcement of several more individuals of the same species. |
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