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News Release 05-195
From Mississippi to Wyoming, Plants Once Danced to Fast-Changing Climate Tune
First fossil leaves from 55 million years ago show evidence of rapid plant migrations
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Fossil leaf from the Bighorn Basin, Wyo.
Credit: Scott Wing, Smithsonian Institution
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