China team unearths world’s oldest amber, hidden in ancient Xinjiang coal seam
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"China team unearths world’s oldest amber, hidden in ancient Xinjiang coal seam" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Inshorts, Table.Briefings, Interesting Engineering and Futura, le média qui explore le monde. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Who reported it (5)
- World's oldest known amber discovered | To read more from the study Inshorts · 22h ago
- Dessert: World’s oldest amber discovered in Xinjiang Table.Briefings · 22h ago
- World’s oldest 385-million-year-old amber found in China shifts plant timeline Interesting Engineering · 22h ago
- Discovered: Ancient amber older than any creature that ever walked on land Futura, le média qui explore le monde · 22h ago
- China team unearths world’s oldest amber, hidden in ancient Xinjiang coal seam South China Morning Post · 22h ago broke it first
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