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The mummified penguins that hold the secrets of Antarctica's past

18 December 2018

Antarctica’s Adélie penguins nest on the well-preserved remains of their ancestors. All it takes is a trowel and a strong stomach to dig into their climate history
We kill 60 billion chickens a year, and their bones get preserved by landfill

When humans are wiped from Earth, the chicken bones will remain

12 December 2018

When humans have vanished from Earth, one of the most enduring marks of our impact will be the sudden appearance of copious chicken bones in the fossil record

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