The study presents a new geological “rock clock” that allows major climate events from the dawn of complex animal life to be dated with unprecedented precision (IMAGE)

University of Lausanne

The study presents a new geological “rock clock” that allows major climate events from the dawn of complex animal life to be dated with unprecedented precision

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The researchers focused on exceptionally well-preserved sedimentary rocks deposited on ancient seafloors in what is now southern Sweden.

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