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The cave floor was covered in layers of fossils — including sloths, birds, and reptiles — mostly derived from owl pellets. Ancient bees used the empty tooth sockets in these bones as nesting sites

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An illustration showing the bones and bee nests in the cave; (right) a part of a fossilised mammal skull, with sediment in a tooth socket that turned out to be a nest built by a prehistoric bee. PICS COURTESY/Jorge Mario Macho, Machuky Paleoart/Lazaro Vinola Lopez

The consent decree has been in the spotlight amid the Trump administration’s Chicago-area immigration crackdown that’s led to more than 4000 arrests

Updated 27 days ago

An illustration showing the bones and bee nests in the cave; (right) a part of a fossilised mammal skull, with sediment in a tooth socket that turned out to be a nest built by a prehistoric bee. PICS COURTESY/Jorge Mario Macho, Machuky Paleoart/Lazaro Vinola Lopez
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