The Unlikely Discoverer of B. cebuensis Holds Fossil (IMAGE)

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The Unlikely Discoverer of B. cebuensis Holds Fossil

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Michael Armas poses with the fossil bones he found on the Philippine island of Cebu and 40 years later donated to the Field Museum for study. Had it not been for his attention and foresight, science might never have documented what has turned out to be an extremely unusual species of dwarf water buffalo, now extinct.

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Photo by Lawrence Heaney, Courtesy of The Field Museum

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