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Amber Fossil Reveals Ancient Reproduction in Flowering Plants

A 100-million-year old piece of amber has been discovered which reveals the oldest evidence of sexual reproduction in a flowering plant — a cluster of 18 tiny flowers from the Cretaceous Period — with one of them in the process of making some new seeds for the next generation. The perfectly-preserved scene, in a plant […]