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Posted by on Dec 23, 2016 in TellMeWhy |

What Are Fossils?

What Are Fossils?

What Are Fossils? Fossils are the remains, molds, traces or impressions of prehistoric animals and plants found in the ground. The word comes from the Latin fodere,...

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Posted by on Dec 10, 2016 in TellMeWhy |

What Is a Tuatara?

What Is a Tuatara?

What Is a Tuatara? The tuatara is the only survivor of the beak-headed order of reptiles, called Rhynchocephalia that goes back to the time of the dinosaurs. Their name...

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Posted by on Oct 31, 2015 in TellMeWhy |

What Is Amber?

What Is Amber?

Amber is the fossil resin of ancient pine trees. On hot, prehistoric days, sticky pine resin oozed from trees and hardened in the air filling internal fissures,...

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