Small growths that developed in the ears of fish more than 65 million years ago are providing a wealth of information about the species’ environment and lifestyle.
HOLEY EARSTONE. The ratios of various oxygen and carbon isotopes in layers of the tiny samples drilled from this ancient otolith suggest that the fish migrated while at sea and then went home to spawn and die.
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