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100-Million-Year-Old Sperm Discovered in Amber
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100-Million-Year-Old Sperm Discovered in Amber

Researchers found the world's oldest sperm stored in a piece of amber. Read more to find out about how the scientists peer through the tree resin.

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A rare finding has been revealed by a research team from the Chinese Academy of Science in Nanjing -- that is the world's oldest animal sperm.

Scientists believe that the specimen of the fossilized creatures found in a piece of amber is from 100 million years ago. The piece of amber was located in Myanmar. It is amazing how nature managed to preserve both a bundle of semen and the tiny little creature.

It might paint a picture of a giant animal in your head but some of them are only as big as 0.00328084 feet (1 mm) and called ostracods, really tiny creatures living underwater.

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The research was published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.