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Capybara fossil in Atacama Desert challenges region's 40-million-year dry streak

Researchers examine geographic and climatic barriers to capybara migration across the Andes

2 Sep 17 · 6d ago · 2 articles · 1 post · 2 sources · development 2 of 2

The research team explored why capybaras, which today inhabit low-elevation wetlands east of the Andes in South America, would have been present in the Atacama during the late Miocene period.

Researchers examine geographic and climatic barriers to capybara migration across the Andes
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“Finding a capybara tooth in a marine deposit in what today is one of the driest regions on Earth is just freakish.”

Priscilla Martinez, Lead author, University of Arizona doctoral student · reddit ↗

Priscilla Martinez Lead author, University of Arizona doctoral studentBarbara Carrapa Co-author, University of Arizona professor of GeosciencesUniversity of Arizona Department of Geosciences Research institution

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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 4 claims were published in its stretch

  1. 3 outlets Capybaras in the desert? Fossil casts doubt on Atacama as world's oldest continuously dry region

    first by Phys.org, 6d ago · also EurekAlert!, University of Arizona News

  2. 1 outlet Capybara Tooth Discovery Challenges Long-Held Beliefs About Atacama Desert's Past

    first by Rediff, 5d ago

  3. 1 outlet A Fossil Capybara Tooth Suggests the Atacama Desert Was Once Surprisingly Wet

    first by Gizmodo, 5d ago

  4. 1 outlet 9-million-year-old capybara tooth found in driest desert

    first by The New Indian Express, 5d ago

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