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Increasingly sophisticated methods of mitochondrial DNA analysis and computerized restructuring of extinct species based on bone fragments and complete skeletons have allowed paleontologists to "bring to life" extinct species, determine their habitat, diet, migratory patterns, and causes of their extinction.

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