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  • Scientists discover a 280-million-year-old fossil forest in Antarctica.

    01/07/2021 11:21:24 AM PST · by Rakhi Sarkar · 15 replies
    Archaeology World ^ | JANUARY 4, 2021 | ARCHAEOLOGY WORLD TEAM
    Antarctica wasn’t quite a region of ice for most of the year. It is widely believed that millions of years ago, when the planet earth was already a massive landmass called Gondwana, trees flourished near the South Pole. Now, newfound, intricate fossils of some of these trees are revealing how the plants thrived — and what forests might look like as they march northward in today’s warming world.