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SCI & TECHELEVATED2h ago · Sep 4, 2026, 3:45 PM

Cliff Cypress Returns in Chongqing After Extinction in the Wild

Human Progress · east asia

“After being declared extinct, the ancient cliff cypress — a 300-million-year-old 'living fossil' — has staged a stunning comeback in Southwest China's Chongqing, thanks to a two-decade-long conservation effort that is now earning global recognition. The International Union for Conservation of Nature classified the species as 'Extinct in the Wild' in 1998. Now, of the […] The post Cliff Cypress Returns in Chongqing After Extinction in the Wild appeared first on Human Progress.

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