230-million-year-old bugs found in Italian amber

Monday, August 27, 2012 - 16:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Scientists have found 230-million-year-old insects preserved in amber unearthed in northeastern Italy. The bugs are about 100 million years older than the previous record for creatures caught in earth's oldest bug trap.

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