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By Poppy Bilderbeck
Published 10:34, 13 October 2023 BST
| Last updated 10:46, 13 October 2023 BST
Scientists have discovered an ‘important piece of the puzzle’ that allowed them to reconstruct part of the Earth’s crust which disappeared 20 million years ago.
Geologist Suzanna van de Lagemaat and her colleagues at the Utrecht University in the Netherlands have discovered a ‘massive and previously unknown tectonic plate’ called Pontus.
Whether you swiftly gave up science aged 15 or not, prepare for your jaw to drop: