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Flowering plants may be 100 million years older than we thought

28 January 2021

The oldest fossil flowers we have found are about 135 million years old, but a statistical analysis suggests flowering plants evolved as early as 250 million years ago

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Flowering plants may be 100 million years older than we thought

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