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Resin becomes amber through a multi-million-year process of , where organic compounds like terpenes break down and cross-link to form a hard, stable material.

: Researchers frequently find rare ants—such as those in the Pseudomyrmicinae subfamily—perfectly suspended within these 40–54 million-year-old pieces. amber-040-054

: Unlike stone fossils, amber preserves the soft tissues and three-dimensional structures of organisms with unparalleled fidelity. Resin becomes amber through a multi-million-year process of