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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Vishwam Sankaran

‘Oldest animal fossil’ that rewrote India’s history turns out to be recently ‘decayed bee hive’

The Australian National University (ANU)

A sensational “fossil” discovery in 2020 of a rare 550 million-year-old life form has turned out to be “a case of mistaken identity,” according to a new study.

The “fossil” found at the Bhimbetka Rock Shelters cave site in India’s Bhopal city was declared as one that belonged to the primitive animal Dickinsonia tenuis.

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