World's Oldest Fire Fossil Found on Man's Doorstep

Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 15:30 in Earth & Climate

After serving nearly 30 years as a doorstop for a nuclear physicist, a 210-million-year-old hunk of pink petrified wood has been recognized as the first fossilized fire scar ever recognized.

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