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Scientists dig up T. rex precursor

PRIMITIVE BEAST Archaeologists said they have found the earliest known tyrannosaur, shedding light on the lineage that produced the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex

AFP AND AP , PARIS

Xu has earned a reputation for being the world's most successful fossil finder, unearthing extraordinary specimens that have shed light in particular on birds, spurring the theory that modern birds are the descendants of dinosaurs.

The study is published today in Nature, the British weekly science journal.

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