Fossilised specimen of a Tellin bivalve from Eocene Belgium, 58 million years ago. Bivalves are hinged molluscs that first appeared in the Middle Camb

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Fossilised specimen of a Tellin bivalve from Eocene Belgium, 58 million years ago. Bivalves are hinged molluscs that first appeared in the Middle Cambrian some 500 million years ago.

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Photo credit: © NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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