Amber fossils reveal ancient France was a jungle

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Amber fossils collected in France suggest that the country was once a jungle. Credit: Courtesy of Andr Nel Musum National dHistoire Naturelle Paris
Amber fossils collected in France suggest that the country was once a jungle. Credit: Courtesy of André Nel, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris

Research on a treasure trove of amber has yielded evidence that France once was covered by a dense tropical rainforest with trees similar to those found in the modern-day Amazon. The report on 55-million-year-old pieces of amber from the Oise River area in northern France is scheduled for the Jan. 4 issue of ACS’ Journal of Organic Chemistry.


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