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Giant fossilised tree in Peru shows Andes environmental change – Brinkwire
A giant tree fossil found in Peru has given researchers a new picture of how the environment in the Andes mountain has changed over the past 10 million years.
On an expedition to the Central Andean Plateau, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) discovered the fossil buried in a cold, grassy plain.
The plant fossil record from this high-altitude site in southern Peru contains details about dramatic changes in the Andes mountains environment.
The team found that …
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