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Prehistoric forest buried in sea floor off Alabama coast could hold medicinal secrets

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ALABAMA—Nearly 60,000 years ago, a bald cypress forest flourished on the banks of a prehistoric river near the Gulf of Mexico. Over time, the massive trees grew and died, their enormous trunks falling and becoming entombed in a protective covering of peat and sediment. These ancient forest remains were buried beneath...
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