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![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106212209im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) Press Release 08-134 Antarctic Fossils Paint a Picture of a Much Warmer Continent
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Insects, ferns flourished, then flickered out millions of years ago as the tundra retreated
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![Sketches of fossils.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106212209im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/dry_valleys1_f1.jpg) |
Examples of fossils found in the McMurdo Dry Valleys.
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![David Marchant discusses the discovery of fossils in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106212209im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/dry_valleys_still_f.jpg) |
View video David Marchant discusses the surprising discovery of near "museum-condition" fossils in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
Credit: Video: Boston University/National Science Foundation
Studio background stills: Peter West, National Science Foundation
Illustration: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation
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![Photo of earth scientist David Marchant being interviewed in the McMurdo Dry Valleys.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106212209im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/dry_valleys2_f.jpg) |
David Marchant is interviewed in the McMurdo Dry Valleys.
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