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Fossils: What Does a Porcupine Do in One of the Driest Deserts in the World?
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The Atacama, in northern Chile, is considered to be the driest place on the planet, arid without any respite. A vestige exhumed from its sediments, however, contradicts this reputation. This capybara fossil tells of a past where rivers and palm trees covered this corner of the desert.
The Atacama Desert in Chile is bone-dry. But that was not always the case, as a fossil from the Miocene shows. There must have been swamps here.
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