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Adnan Oktar


                                   LIVING FOSSILS




                                                A portion of this 50-million-year-old
                                                fossil freshwater bass exhibits fine
                                                preservation. Today, similar species to
                                                this live in fresh waters in the northern
                                                hemisphere and in Asia, Europe and
                                                New Zealand, identical to their 50-mil-
                                                lion-year-old counterparts.




                                                 A 125-Million-Year-Old Katydid
                                                 The details of this very large speci-
                                                 men have been very well preserved,
                                                 including a color scale dating back
                                                 125 million years. As can be seen
                                                 from the 27-millimeter ovipositor it
                                                 used to bury its eggs in the soil, this
                                                 is a female that shares exactly the
                                                 same anatomical features as today’s
                                                 katydids.


                                                 A 125-Million-Year-Old Scorpion Fly
                                                 This 125-million-year-old fossil is from
                                                 Hebei, China. This one is a female
                                                 with incredible detail preserved in the
                                                 wings, which includes preserved col-
                                                 or bands. There are a large number of
                                                 these scorpion flies living today.













                                                   A 280-million-year-old fossil
                                                   frog








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