tail

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Tail loss in the group of primates that includes gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans is believed to have occurred about 25 million years ago, when the group evolved away from Old World monkeys, said the authors.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024

Whimsical, slightly spooky creatures in clay and sumi ink by artist Saya Moriyasu emerge in “Ozeki 尾石 — Tail End of a Stone.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

"We'd like to see that land back," said Rosebud Sioux Chief John Spotted Tail during a 2018 speech at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2023

A coastguard rescue helicopter and a helimed trauma team were also called to Grey Mare's Tail waterfall, near Moffat.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2023

“So the Lakota leaders, like Spotted Tail, knew the odds were against us. It was like one cricket trying to fight off a thousand hungry ants.”

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III