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Huge breakthrough as ancient lost world discovered
An ancient lost world hidden for more than 34 million years has been discovered below a mile of ice in Antarctica. Using satellite data and ice-penetrating radar, scientists revealed rivers once ran through forests in the remote land that's now buried under ice.
Researchers estimate the buried landscape, which was discovered in Wilkes Land, a remote inland part of East Antarctica, spans more than 12,000 square miles. Stewart Jamieson, lead author of the study at Durham University, said it was like "uncovering a time capsule", adding: "The land underneath the East Antarctic ice sheet is less well-known than the surface of Mars."
The Daily Express announced this important discovery. Humanity's cities date back only 2000 years.
No hominids existed 35 million years ago. The earliest hominids, such as Australopithecus, appeared much later, around 4 million years ago. At 35 million years ago, the lineage leading to humans was represented by the primate Aegyptopithecus, which is considered a monkey-like creature and not a hominid.
I am pretty sure there were no Daily Express readers around 34 million years ago.
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