Is finding the world's oldest gecko so easy a caveman could do it? Sadly for fans of the Geico insurance company characters, the answer is: Probably not, as scientists say they were "very fortunate" to unearth in Myanmar (Burma) a piece of fossilized tree sap known as amber containing parts of a hundred-million-year-old gecko.
A foot, toes, and part of the tail (seen above at left) are all that remain of the recently found reptile, which the researchers say is a new species that is 40 million years older than the previous record holder.
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008