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Dr Ian Raine

Micro-paleontologist Dr Ian Raine with shelves of specims.

Micro-paleontologist Dr Ian Raine of GNS Science was a member of the international team that found evidence of near-tropical vegetation in coastal Antarctica during the Eocene epoch.

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