Snail fossils suggest semiarid eastern Canary Islands were wetter 50,000 years ago
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 22:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Fossil land snail shells found in ancient soils on the subtropical eastern Canary Islands show that the Spanish archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa has become progressively drier over the past 50,000 years.
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