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How do paleontologists distinguish between a new species and a rare/unique mutation when discovering remains?
gpt
They try through certain specialities who differ from species to species. But: They still do a lot of mistakes. When you get a bit into it you will see how often fossils were missinterpreted, 1 species named twice or noticing one fossil, which was thought to be a different species, is the juvenile state of another one.