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Rare insect discovery reveals a new species from the dinosaur age

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Phys.org Breaking News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 5 Oct 2026, 21:40 UTC. The headline in use is “Rare insect discovery reveals a new species from the dinosaur age”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Some 99 million years ago, during the age of the dinosaurs, a tiny insect belonging to a species previously unknown to science became trapped in tree resin. The resin hardened and turned into amber, and the fossil preserved within it has now enabled a team of researchers from the School…
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Rare insect discovery reveals a new species from the dinosaur age
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