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  • Drawing insights from ancient plants

    Jun 30, 2016 12:00 pm by Danielle Ruffatto
    A page from Illinois paleontologist Sam Heads's notebook. Photo by Nathan Stariha

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    • A page from Illinois paleontologist Sam Heads's notebook. Photo by Nathan Stariha

    A team of researchers from the Illinois Natural History Survey is digging for fossils in southwest Montana. Plant fossils offer a lot of information about past climate.