Prehistoric Rhynie. Computer illustration showing what the area around the village of Rhynie, Scotland, UK, might have looked like 400 million years a

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Prehistoric Rhynie. Computer illustration showing what the area around the village of Rhynie, Scotland, UK, might have looked like 400 million years ago, during the Devonian period. Rhynie is known for the Rhynie Chert, a sediment deposited during the Devonian period (around 419 to 350 million years ago) that contains the oldest fossil insect in the world (Rhyniognatha hirsti).

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