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woolly mammoth model with long curled tusks and shaggy hair stands in a museum exhibit with visitors reading a plaque
A woolly mammoth reconstruction at the Caverne du Pont D'Arc in Ardèche, France.
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The top sphere contains the part that will become the embryo itself, capped by the amnion; the bottom sphere is the yolk sac; the interface between them is a critical structural feature of human embryonic development. The two spheres are encapsulated by a cellular layer that will become the placenta.
Scientists built the model embryo, imaged here. The outer ring is the placenta forming.