Unearthing a nearly 40-miliion-year-old world

August 13, 2026 - 17:24
At an active coal mine in northern Việt Nam, two palaeontologists search by hand for traces of a world that disappeared nearly 40 million years ago. Each fossil they uncover from the Na Dương Basin offers a rare glimpse into an ancient ecosystem and a reminder of what could be lost if these fragments of the past are not preserved.

 

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