03/05/2026
¿Sabías que el punto más alto del planeta, el Everest, fue alguna vez parte del lecho marino?
Although Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth today, rocks near its summit contain marine fossils such as brachiopods, which originally formed in an ancient ocean.
These remains date back hundreds of millions of years, showing that the summit rocks were once part of the Tethys Ocean. Around 50 million years ago, the collision between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates forced this former seafloor upward, gradually creating the Himalayas.
This transformation highlights the dynamic nature of Earth, where regions that were once underwater can eventually rise to become the highest mountains on the planet.
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