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The prototaxites fossil, which is about 410 million years old, was found near the village of Rhynie in Aberdeenshire.

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Stewart Edie, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) About 66 million years ago – ...