100 Million-year-old Baby Snake Preserved in Amber Is Oldest Ever Discovered

100 Million-year-old Baby Snake Preserved in Amber Is Oldest Ever Discovered

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http://www.newsweek.com/baby-snake-amber-100-million-years-old-1030574

Two small chunks of amber contain the first known fossil snakesĀ ever found trapped in the glassy substance, scientists have revealed. Estimated to be almost 100 million years old, one of the honey-colored hunks contains the oldest known baby snake ever discovered.

These gleaming globs of amber, scientists reported in the journal Science Advances, can unlock the secrets of the ancient creatures: their evolutionary history and the environment they lived in.