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flag Scientists found 112-million-year-old insects in amber in Ecuador, revealing an ancient rainforest ecosystem.

flag Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, found in a quarry in eastern Ecuador and dating back 112 million years. flag The amber, from the Cretaceous period, contains well-preserved remains of beetles, flies, wasps, and other insects, along with pollen and plant fragments, offering a rare glimpse into an ancient rainforest ecosystem. flag This discovery, the largest of its kind in South America, reveals a forest with ferns, conifers, and the now-extinct Monkey Puzzle Tree, and provides new insights into the early rise of flowering plants and their evolving relationships with insects during the age of dinosaurs.

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