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Volume 155, Number 25 (June 19, 1999)

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Atlantis of the iguanas found in PacificFull Text

Ancient copies of the Galápagos Islands now rest more than 1,000 meters below the ocean surface off the coast of Costa Rica and suggest how Galápagos iguanas could have a long evolutionary history.

References:

Werner, R., et al. 1999. Drowned 14-m.y.-old Galápagos archipelago off the coast of Costa Rica: Implications for tectonic and evolutionary models. Geology 27(June):499.

Further Readings:

Milius, S. 1998. Can iguanas ride rafts for 200 miles? Science News 154(Oct. 24):267.

Sources:

Robert A. Duncan
Oregon State University
College of Oceanography
Corvallis, OR 97331

Reinhard Werner
Geomar
Wischhofstrabe 1-3
D-24148 Kiel
Germany

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 25, June 19, 1999, p. 389. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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