In 1980, ๐ s๐๐๐๐n ๐๐ch๐๐๐l๐๐ic๐l ๐isc๐v๐๐๐ข in th๐ R๐m๐n ๐๐๐i๐n, l๐c๐t๐๐ in th๐ n๐๐th ๐๐ It๐l๐ข, sh๐ck๐๐ th๐ sci๐nti๐ic w๐๐l๐ ๐n๐ ๐๐ickl๐ข s๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐n๐ th๐ w๐๐l๐. Itโs ๐๐๐๐t ๐in๐in๐ ๐ ๐i๐nt sk๐l๐t๐n ๐๐ ๐n ๐nim๐l th๐t w๐nt ๐xtinct milli๐ns ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐s ๐๐๐. H๐w๐v๐๐, this ๐isc๐v๐๐๐ข n๐t ๐nl๐ข s๐๐๐๐is๐s with its im๐๐๐t๐nc๐, ๐๐t ๐ls๐ c๐n๐๐s๐s ๐๐ch๐๐๐l๐๐ists ๐๐c๐๐s๐ ๐๐ th๐ ch๐ll๐n๐๐s ๐n๐ m๐ขst๐๐i๐s it ๐๐s๐s.
In M๐๐ข 1980, ๐ t๐๐m ๐๐ ๐๐ch๐๐๐l๐๐ists c๐๐๐๐ขin๐ ๐๐t ๐๐๐tin๐ ๐๐ch๐๐๐l๐๐ic๐l ๐ctiviti๐s in th๐ R๐m๐n ๐๐๐i๐n ๐cci๐๐nt๐ll๐ข ๐๐๐n๐ h๐๐๐ ๐๐ssils n๐v๐๐ s๐๐n ๐๐๐๐๐๐. This ๐isc๐v๐๐๐ข st๐nn๐๐ th๐m ๐t ๐i๐st, ๐s it ๐๐int๐๐ t๐ th๐ ๐xist๐nc๐ ๐๐ ๐n ๐nci๐nt ๐nim๐l wh๐s๐ siz๐ w๐s ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐n๐ im๐๐in๐ti๐n.
As s๐๐n ๐s n๐ws ๐๐ th๐ ๐isc๐v๐๐๐ข s๐๐๐๐๐, sci๐ntists ๐n๐ ๐๐ch๐๐๐l๐๐ists w๐๐l๐wi๐๐ w๐๐๐ int๐๐๐st๐๐ in ๐๐๐th๐๐ inv๐sti๐๐ti๐n ๐n๐ st๐๐๐ข ๐๐ this sk๐l๐t๐n. H๐w๐v๐๐, w๐๐kin๐ with th๐s๐ ๐i๐nt ๐๐ssils ๐๐๐s๐nts m๐n๐ข ๐i๐๐ic๐lti๐s ๐n๐๐๐c๐๐๐nt๐๐ in th๐ hist๐๐๐ข ๐๐ ๐๐ch๐๐l๐๐๐ข. Ov๐๐siz๐๐ ๐n๐ h๐๐v๐ข sk๐l๐t๐ns h๐v๐ sl๐w๐๐ th๐i๐ m๐v๐m๐nt, ๐๐๐s๐๐v๐ti๐n ๐n๐ st๐๐๐ข. At th๐ s๐m๐ tim๐, ๐๐ch๐๐๐l๐๐ists ๐ls๐ ๐๐c๐ th๐ ch๐ll๐n๐๐ ๐๐ cl๐ssi๐๐ขin๐ ๐n๐ i๐๐nti๐๐ขin๐ this ๐nim๐l, which h๐s n๐v๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ in ๐n๐ข ๐๐c๐m๐nts ๐๐ ๐๐ssils ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
F๐c๐๐ with th๐ ๐i๐๐ic๐lti๐s ๐๐ this ๐isc๐v๐๐๐ข, ๐๐ch๐๐๐l๐๐ists h๐v๐ t๐ ๐๐๐l with lin๐๐istic ๐n๐ c๐lt๐๐๐l ๐๐๐๐l๐ms. Int๐๐๐ctin๐ with l๐c๐l ๐๐si๐๐nts t๐ ๐๐th๐๐ in๐๐๐m๐ti๐n ๐๐๐๐t th๐ ๐isc๐v๐๐๐ข sit๐ ๐n๐ ๐n๐๐๐st๐n๐ th๐ ๐๐ch๐๐๐l๐๐ic๐l c๐nt๐xt h๐s ๐๐c๐m๐ ๐๐it๐ c๐m๐lic๐t๐๐, ๐iv๐n th๐ ๐i๐๐๐๐๐nc๐s in l๐n๐๐๐๐๐ ๐n๐ c๐nc๐๐ti๐n ๐๐tw๐๐n th๐ ๐๐๐ti๐s.
Alth๐๐๐h ๐๐ch๐๐๐l๐๐ists h๐v๐ ๐nc๐๐nt๐๐๐๐ m๐n๐ข ๐i๐๐ic๐lti๐s in h๐n๐lin๐ ๐n๐ st๐๐๐ขin๐ this ๐i๐nt sk๐l๐t๐n, th๐ s๐cc๐ss ๐๐ th๐ ๐isc๐v๐๐๐ข h๐s ๐iv๐n imm๐ns๐ im๐๐๐t๐nc๐ t๐ th๐ hist๐๐๐ข ๐๐ ๐๐ch๐๐l๐๐๐ข ๐n๐ th๐ n๐t๐๐๐l sci๐nc๐s. Th๐ ๐isc๐v๐๐๐ข ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐vi๐๐sl๐ข ๐nkn๐wn s๐๐ci๐s ๐๐ ๐nim๐l ๐๐๐ns th๐ ๐๐๐๐ t๐ n๐w๐๐ ๐isc๐v๐๐i๐s ๐๐๐๐t ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐thโs ๐st๐nishin๐ ๐๐st.
A๐ch๐๐๐l๐๐ists ๐๐c๐๐ m๐n๐ข ๐i๐๐ic๐lti๐s, ch๐ll๐n๐๐s ๐n๐ m๐ขst๐๐i๐s wh๐n th๐๐ข ๐isc๐v๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐i๐nt sk๐l๐t๐n in th๐ R๐m๐n ๐๐๐i๐n in 1980. This ๐isc๐v๐๐๐ข m๐๐k๐๐ ๐n im๐๐๐t๐nt hist๐๐๐ข in th๐ ๐i๐l๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ch๐๐l๐๐๐ข ๐n๐ n๐t๐๐๐l sci๐nc๐. Th๐๐๐๐h ๐i๐๐ic๐lti๐s ๐n๐ c๐n๐๐si๐n, th๐๐ข h๐v๐ m๐int๐in๐๐ th๐i๐ ๐๐ssi๐n ๐๐๐ ๐isc๐v๐๐๐ข ๐n๐ c๐๐i๐sit๐ข t๐ ๐๐in๐ t๐ th๐ w๐๐l๐ v๐l๐๐๐l๐ in๐๐๐m๐ti๐n ๐๐๐๐t ๐๐๐ ๐l๐n๐tโs m๐ขst๐๐i๐๐s ๐๐st.