A scientist at a B.C.-based university say the discovery of a rare insect fossil suggests a connection between Canada and Australia.
In a news release Monday, Simon Fraser University says the tiny fossil found near Kamloops, B.C., is a species "whose modern relatives only live in the Australia region."
The paleontologists say the discovery helps understand "large-scale patterns of the modern distribution of life across the globe." We know Australia was once closer to Antarctica and further from Asia than it is today, the UBC release said. So how did the lacewing make it to B.C., and why?
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