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Head
                                                                     Thorax

                                                                   A water insect
                                                                   fossil from the
                                                                   Pleistocene pe-
                                                                    riod, around 2
                                                                   million years
                                                                   ago, is identical
                                   Concealed                       to members of
                                      wings                       the same spe-
                                                                  cies living today.
                                     Tarry sand
                                                                   Antenna
                                                                      Head
                                                                      Thorax

                                                                     Wings

                                                                     Abdomen
                                                                  An insect fossil
                                                                  (slender) from
                                                                  the Jurassic pe-
                                                                  riod, 195 million
                                                                  years ago, and
                                              Tail
                                                                  the insect's pre-
                                                                  sent-day form.
                                                                      This insect
                                                                      fossil be-
                                                                      longs to the
                                                                      Cretaceous
                                                                      period, 140
                                                                      million years  HARUN YAHYA
                                                                      ago. Beside
                                                                      it, you can
                                                                      see its living
                                                                      present-day
                                                                      form...        (ADNAN OKTAR)





                                            A 140-million-year-old butterfly fossil
                                            (above) and one from the present day
                                            (left).                                  247
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