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Camilo Montes and colleagues have made exciting discoveries about the dating of the rise of the Isthmus of Panama using detrital zircons! Visit the following link to the Smithsonian’s website to read the press release!
Smithsonian’s Panama Debate Fueled by Zircon Dating | Newsdesk.