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�=START= XMT: 19:33 Wed Mar 04 EXP: 19:00 Thu Mar 05 �
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쿞EA SHELL FOSSILS SHED LIGHT ON AMAZON'S FORMATION �
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쿗IMA (MARCH 4) XINHUA - SIX SEA SHELL FOSSILS, WHICH COULD �
쿓OLD EVIDENCE ABOUT THE FORMATION OF THE AMAZON, WERE �
쿝ECENTLY DISCOVERED BY PERUVIAN RESEARCHERS, ACCORDING TO A �
쿛RESS REPORT HERE TODAY. �
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쿟HESE FOSSILS WERE FOUND IN THE WHITE RAVINE LOCATED WITHIN �
쿟HE TAMSHIYACU CONSERVATION ZONE IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE�
쿌MAZON RIVER WHEN THE PERUVIAN SCHOLARS WERE PERFORMING �
쿐NVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCHES. �
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쿟HESE SEASHELLS ARE THE FIRST TO HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE �
쿙ORTHERN FORESTS. THEY COULD HELP TO EXPLAIN THE EVOLUTION �
쿛ROCESS THAT OCCURRED MANY YEARS AGO IN THIS PART OF THE �
쿐ARTH, WHICH IS NOW THE AMAZON, SCIENTISTS POINTED OUT. �
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쿛ABLO PUERTAS MELENDEZ, ONE OF THE SPECIALISTS, EXPLAINED �
쿟HAT EACH OF THE FOSSIL PIECES WEIGHS ALMOST FIVE KILOGRAMS �
쿌S THEY ARE ALL FILLED WITH A PETRIFIED CLAY. THE BIGGEST �
쿚F THEM HAS A LENGTH OF 25 CENTIMETERS. �
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쿔N ORDER TO ESTABLISH THEIR AGE AND MEANING, THESE FOSSIL �
쿛IECES WILL BE SENT TO THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM IN LIMA, �
쿓E ADDED. �
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