Archive for October 25th, 2017

WFS News:Growing pains: The oldest trees on Earth ripped themselves apart, fossils show

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists have discovered 374-million-year-old tree fossils from the dawn of Earth’s forests — and found that these strange plants literally had to rip themselves apart as they grew. The fossils, described in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shed light on the nature of ancient forests […]

WFS News:Fossils from the world’s oldest trees reveal complex anatomy never seen before

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The first trees to have ever grown on Earth were also the most complex, new research has revealed. Fossils from a 374-million-year-old tree found in north-west China have revealed an interconnected web of woody strands within the trunk of the tree that is much more intricate than that […]