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fauna /fau·na/ (faw´nah) the collective animal organisms of a given locality.
fau·na (fôn)
n. pl. fau·nas or fau·nae (-n)
Animals, especially the animals of a particular region or period, considered as a group.


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In their new study, Dr Thomas Plummer of Queens College at the City University of New York and colleagues provide the first documentation of both at the 2-million-year-old Oldowan archeological site of Kanjera South, Kenya, which has yielded both Oldowan artifacts and well-preserved faunal remains, allowing researchers to reconstruct past ecosystems.
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