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Oyster shell game: Once you saw them everywhere, now you don’t

This hinge portion of a Holocene oyster was dredged from the floor of the Atlantic. Layers in the hinge allow us to estimate the age of some of these shells.
This hinge portion of a Holocene oyster was dredged from the floor of the Atlantic. Layers in the hinge allow us to estimate the age of some of these shells. Credit: Kent Mountford

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