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How Fossilized Plants Tell Us About the Evolution of Animals

Plants can help us understand how life rebounds after a mass extinction.

Publish Date: 10/25/19Topic: EvolutionEvolutionNova

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Vertebrate fossils can help scientists better understand evolutionary timelines. But plant fossils give paleontologists and paleobotanists a more complete story.

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