Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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If you’ve ever eaten something you shouldn’t, you may have experienced feelings of nausea or thrown up. You may have seen your dog or cat vomit when something doesn’t agree with its tummy. Well, it turns out that ancient creatures puked sometimes, too. Arnaud Rebillard, a researcher at the Natural History Museum of Berlin, Germany, discovered “regurgitalites,” or fossilized vomit in January 2026. The discovery is providing new insights into ancient ecosystems!
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