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Fossilized capybara tooth discovered in Chile's Atacama Desert shows region was once lush

9-Million-Year-Old Capybara Tooth Found in Atacama Desert Rewrites Region's Climate History

Paleontologists discovered a fossilized tooth from an ancient capybara relative in Chile's Atacama Desert, providing the strongest evidence yet that the world's driest region was once covered in grasslands and water.

2 min read Live Science