Biology
Ancient plant species revived from 1,000-year-old seeds
Scientists have successfully grown a mysterious 1,000-year-old seed discovered in the Judean desert and obtained a specimen of a plant mentioned in the Bible.
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Archeology
Fossil flowers were discovered more than 174 million years ago
The newly discovered plant fossil has shown flower evidence of angiosperms blooming more than 174 million years ago, about 50 million years earlier than the previous tho…
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When did inequality appear?
The results of the recent study show that it appeared more than 7,000 years ago, during the Neolithic period. From more than 300 human skeletons found throughout Central…
Archeology
Amber contains plants of 100 million years old
A plant preserved in amber about 100 million years ago has revealed evidence of sexual reproduction of flowering plants.
Archeology
Detecting plant fossils 240 million years
Recent fossils discovered in Switzerland show that ancestors of flowering plants appeared 240 million years ago during the Early Triassic period.
Archeology
Ancient plant compounds discovered in salt walls of waste treatment sites
It has just been discovered that cellulose dating back 253 million years along with some perhaps ancient DNA samples in salt crystals under a ground of nuclear waste in…
Biology
The oldest plants on earth exist today
This tree is a relative of coriander, which looks almost mossy but is essentially a shrub growing in the Atacama desert.
Biology
Revive the frozen tree 30,000 years
Russian scientists have discovered a 30,000-year-old fruit that is naturally preserved in squirrel caves in Siberia's permafrost. They conducted experiments to revive th…
Biology
Discovered ancient plant species in Lam Dong
Scientists of Bidoup Nui Ba National Park and Dalat University have discovered an ancient plant species living in the national park area, whose name is often called thre…