Tiny Fossils Reveal Warm Antarctic Past
Friday, July 25, 2008 - 12:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Hundreds of fossils of crustacean-like animals found recently in Antarctica suggest that 14 million years ago, the moss-covered continent was booming with life, a new study says.
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