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Have you heard of myths about how back in the day on earth, there used to live gargantuan giants? Well, I think our ancestors had a pretty good hunch about what really happened, actually. Most of our modern animals are so small compared to what the animals used to be like, but there are some interesting exceptions to the rule.

How do I know all of this? Roman Uchytel, an Ukrainian paleontologist and graphic designer, recreates them with the tools available and shares them online for everyone to learn and see an actual scale of how different our ancestors were, both in size and other features. His previous post was a hit, so let us show you some of his most recent work.

More info: Instagram | twitter.com | prehistoric-fauna.com | Facebook | deviantart.com

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Rabbit Carrot
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The modern red panda is adorable. The extinct version is scary panda. A big nope.

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Though doing this is Roman's passion, unfortunately, he has more pressing matters on his mind. His country is being attacked, and he shared with Bored Panda about what's going on over there. "After eight days of bombing, I was forced to go with my family from Kharkiv to the Dnipropetrovsk region. It’s still quiet here, but the situation could change at any second..."

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    "I keep working as much as possible, despite everything. And another part of my job right now is to spread the truth about how Russia is bombing maternity hospitals and hospitals in Ukraine, general information pressure on NATO and the EU to close the skies over Ukraine (#noflyzone) or provide Ukraine with sufficient aircraft and anti-aircraft weapons! Nowadays Ukraine is defending not only Europe, but the whole world against a madman Hitler-Putin who took nuclear weapons from Ukraine in exchange for security guarantees, which Russia violates every day, killing Ukrainian civilians! So we hope that the politicians from all over the world will stop shaking with fear, and will take concrete and effective measures against the Russian aggressor state!"

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    "And I know that the most real help is provided by ordinary people! And I am very grateful to all those people who care for our Prehistoric Fauna project and the Ukrainian Army! But we still need support, so we ask you to place the details for the assistance (please find at the end of this mail). We also ask you to share truthful information about how Russia is bombing civilians and lying to the whole world that it is shelling exclusively military targets! We ask you to boycott Russian goods and pressure companies and brands that still do not want to leave the Russian market! Please use #standwithukraine #noflyzone #supportukraine #stopputin #boycottrussia hashtags."

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    Nathaniel
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A genetic test was done on a supposed piece of yeti fur found in the Himalayas. It turned out to be polar bear fur. From a species that had been supposedly extinct for thousands of years. There maybe an isolated colony of Polar Bears left in the Himalayas.

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    Judy Reynolds
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if the temperaments were the same. Wolverines are supposed to be fierce and bad tempered enough.

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    Corn Pone
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Galapagos turtles are the biggest turtle in the world, and their huge. So this extinct one is actually giant.

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    Jo Choto
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I find it so fascinating that there are creatures that emerged from the water and became land dwellers. They evolved into mammals and then for some reason went BACK to the water, which is how come we have air-breathing mammals that live in the sea. It's so amazing. Wish I could understand all of it.

    Bear Hall
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Indohyus actually looks much bigger when its fur isn't wet and sticky.

    Sorrows Taylor
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We know what became of the fish which grew legs and went to work. This guy was like "Naah, bruh...no way!"

    Jazmine
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait... I'm. Confused. So this rat-dog like creature turned into the modern blue whale? I don't believe it.

    Jessica Cifelli
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What were the in between species? Like how did we go from a small dog sized rat to an enormous blue whale?

    RedMarbles
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This has a pretty good diagram of the species in between. The evolution of whales - Understanding Evolution https://evolution.berkeley.edu/what-are-evograms/the-evolution-of-whales/

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    Alyssa Lapa
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seems crazy that some animals decided that competition was too fierce on land so went back to the water.. crocodilian ancestors also were once on land.

    Raye West
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What the... how did that even happen?! DNA just randomly choose stuff later on?

    Lisa Samuelson
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These two species are not remotely related!! What are we supposed to do with this?

    atlas 95
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you know there is at least one person who says this is fake

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aww. I love cougars. Of course, I would never want to meet that extinct one😬

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    Corn Pone
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's so sad that they fight bulls. It's really stupid. I mean, they just kill the bull for the sake of entertainment. A life is more important than our entertainment, especially when a billion other things tat can entertain us.Edit: I think eating meat is fine, but I think that the animals should be treated fairly, and they shouldn't have such a gruesome death.

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    Corn Pone
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hyenas can actually break bone with there jaw, and have a huge amount of bite force. So I don't wanna imagine what the extinct one's bite would be like

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    malenchki
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How did we go from giant deadly predator to. OMG MUM CAN I HAVE ONE

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