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Oldest Insects in Amber
August 28, 2012 | ArtDaily.org

Insects preserved in rock are normally pressed to a flat smear while insects in amber often have more three-dimensional detail. Researchers in Italy discovered two species of gall mites in 230-million-year-old amber.


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