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Ancient Clam Shell Reveals Shorter Day Length

Mar 17, 2020 · 3 min
0:00-3:43

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The growth layers in a 70-million-year-old clam shell indicate that a year back then had more than 370 days, with each day being only about 23.5 hours.

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