India discovered amber plates dating back 50 million years

On the 50 million-year-old amber plate discovered in India, archaeologists found more than 700 ancient insect species belonging to 55 strains.

Archaeologists have discovered ancient amber at the sediment of northwestern India.

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An insect specimen on an amber plate.

On the amber plate, archaeologists found more than 700 species of ancient insects belonging to 55 large strains, including bees, termites and ants .

This discovery opened the door to the study of insect life patterns 50 million years ago.

The comparison of the difference between the ancient and ancient samples of amphibians in the newly discovered amber with modern life forms is important for the scientific community to gradually learn more about the evolution of a animal numbers.

The findings were published in the journal American National Academy of Sciences.

Update 17 December 2018
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