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Picture Album "Paleontological Fossils of Korea"
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- A picture album "Paleontological Fossils of Korea" is on display at the Pyongyang Cultural Exhibition.

Paleontologists of Kim Il Sung University made the album based on fossils they collected and classified over the past three decades. Their collection is viewed as valuable and scientifically significant.

The album contains explanations of circumstances of different geological ages and extinct organisms, reconstruction of natural environment and a major fossil distribution map of the country.

Also seen in the album are pictures of 103 fossil animals and 51 fossil plants.

The book is popular among local people as it is conducive to the study of the history of organic evolution and the earth crust movements.

It also enjoys popularity among foreigners and overseas Koreans.

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