Below, a 2-million-year-old ant
            embedded in amber and, top, a
            present-day ant
                                                      Right, a
                                                      cowslip fos-
                                                      sil. Above, a
                                                      present-day
                                                      cowslip
                                               A fossil of a
                                               several mil-
                                               lion-year-old
                                               maple leaf and
                                               present-day
                                               maple leaves
                                                                     Bottom, the
                                                                     oldest flower-
                                                                     ing plant fos-
                                                                     sil so far
                                                                     discovered
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