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PERU: 16 MILLION-YEAR-OLD INSECT FOSSILS FOUND FROZEN IN TIME.
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September 29, 2006
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by Julio Godoy/Tierramrica*
PARIS, Sep. 28, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- The discovery of an amber deposit formed in the Amazon during the Miocene epoch proves that the region's rich biological diversity goes back some 16 million years, members of the research team that made the finding told Tierramrica.
The Miocene era encompasses the period of Earth's development from between 23 million and 5 million years ago.
In 2004, a group of researchers from the United States, France, England, Mexico and Peru discovered a small amber deposit embedded with insect ...
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