Scientists in China have found a 99 million year old baby snake in a piece of amber. This is incredibly rare. To think this snake was wriggling around when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Amber freezes things in a time capsule. Usual finds are bits of flies.
See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44872148 .
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19 Jul 2018
28 Jan 2009
Rockbound?
Walking home from the bus stop today I noticed a tiny piece of clunch on the ground, a local chalk stone from the Cretaceous age, the period of geological time approximately 143-65 million years ago. In the stone were two small fossil shells. Amazing to think these two creatures were living not far from my home all that time ago.
....and radio is only just over 100 years old.
....and radio is only just over 100 years old.
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