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Snakes have been slithering on Earth far longer than anyone ever realized

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Remarkable Fossils Push Back Snake Origins by 65 Million Years   by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters) Tuesday January 27 th , 2015  at  9:04 PM Voice Of America 1 Share Snakes have been slithering on Earth far longer than anyone ever realized. Scientists on Tuesday described the four oldest-known snake fossils, the most ancient of which was a roughly 10-inch-long (25 cm) reptile called Eophis underwoodi unearthed in a quarry near Oxford, England, that lived about 167 million years ago. The remarkable fossils from Britain, Portugal and the United States rewrite the history of snake evolution, pushing back snake origins by tens of millions of... Winter Storm 2015: Timelapse Views of the Snowstorm | The New York Times   by The New York Times Tuesday January 27 th , 2015  at  9:03 PM Uploads By The New York Times 1 Share Winter Storm  2015:  Timelapse Views of the Snowstorm | The New York Times   From aroun