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  1. Paleontology

    Rocks yield clues to flower origins

    A distinctive organic chemical related to substances produced by modern flowering plants has been found in ancient fossil-bearing sediments, possibly helping to identify the ancestral plants that gave rise to flowers.

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  2. Paleontology

    Fake fossil not one but two new species

    A supposed missing link between dinosaurs and birds that was first unveiled in 1999, and revealed to be a forgery soon thereafter, was actually cobbled together from parts of animals from two new species.

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  3. Anticancer mineral works best in food

    Selenium's anticancer benefits may depend on ingestion of the mineral in food, not as a purified dietary supplement.