Scientists open a million-year-old time capsule hidden beneath New Zealand
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ScienceDailyScientists open a million-year-old time capsule hidden beneath New Zealandsciencedaily.comA cave in New Zealand has yielded fossils from a lost ecosystem that existed about 1 million years ago, including a possible flying ancestor of the kākāpō. The discovery reveals that volcanoes and climate upheaval were reshaping the country’s wildlife and driving extinctions long before humans arrived.
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