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Fern fossil data clarifies origination and extinction of species
Throughout the history of life, new groups of species have flourished at the expense of earlier ones and global biodiversity has varied dramatically over geologic time. A new study shows that completely different factors regulate the rise and fall of … Continue reading
A phenomenal fossil fern – forgotten for 40 years
On some occasions, it is the hard sweat and toil of palaeontologists labouring in the field at carefully planned excavation sites that yields the prize specimen on which careers are built. On other occasions, it is the chance discovery by … Continue reading