Fossil Peach (2 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Fossil Peach (2 of 3)

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Researchers discovering the first fossilized peach pits after a road construction project in Kunming, China exposed fresh rocks from the late Pliocene, more than 2.5 million years old. Several subsequent tests validated the age of the fossils.

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Tao Su

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