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Fossils collected at an SFU construction site in the 1960s are the subject of a recent research paper that reveals palms once grew where Burnaby Mountain stands now.

Fossils collected at an SFU construction site in the 1960s are the subject of a recent research paper that reveals palms once grew where Burnaby Mountain stands now.

Paleobotanists and climatologists have identified the plant fossils unearthed at Simon Fraser University's construction site in the late 1960s, which they say allude to a much hotter climate around the coastal B.C. area around 40 million years ago.

Fossils collected at an SFU construction site in the 1960s are the subject of a recent research paper that reveals palms once grew where Burnaby Mountain stands now.

Fossils collected at an SFU construction site in the 1960s are the subject of a recent research paper that reveals palms once grew where Burnaby Mountain stands now.

Fossils collected at an SFU construction site in the 1960s are the subject of a recent research paper that reveals palms once grew where Burnaby Mountain stands now.

Fossils collected at an SFU construction site in the 1960s are the subject of a recent research paper that reveals palms once grew where Burnaby Mountain stands now.

Fossils collected at an SFU construction site in the 1960s are the subject of a recent research paper that reveals palms once grew where Burnaby Mountain stands now.

Fossils collected at an SFU construction site in the 1960s are the subject of a recent research paper that reveals palms once grew where Burnaby Mountain stands now.

Fossils collected at an SFU construction site in the 1960s are the subject of a recent research paper that reveals palms once grew where Burnaby Mountain stands now.