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Dinosaurs to invade Brook for library summer program
2+ hour, 32+ min ago (484+ words) CLOSING " The Brook Public Library will be closed on July 3rd & 4th in observance of Independence Day. We will reopen on Monday, July 6th, with regular hours. Have a safe and Happy 4th of July! STORY HOUR AT THE FAIR " The Brook Library will…...
Pompeii find reveals plants flourished before dinosaur extinction
6+ hour, 35+ min ago (950+ words) The discovery of a "botanical Pompeii" has rewritten a long-held theory that flowering plants only flourished after the dinosaurs. The "unique" fossil find shows they were in fact blooming 10 million years before dinosaurs were wiped out, say American scientists. They…...
New ape discovery "reshaping" understanding of evolution
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (887+ words) The discovery of a new ape species that lived in Egypt 17 million years ago is "reshaping" the understanding of evolution. The fossil find suggests that the closest ancestors to modern apes may have emerged in northern Africa rather than in…...