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A few of the six-million-year-old coprolites (fossilized feces) of extinct bone-crushing dogs; the one on the right has visible bits of bone sticking out. (Ouch.)

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The Proof Is in the Pooping

Fossilized feces help confirm the diet of extinct “bone-crushing” dogs

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