'Early wood' samples reshape plant history

[Tom Dunlap]

\'Early wood\' samples reshape plant history

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14543120

 

[oceans]

Re: \'Early wood\' samples reshape plant history

Early wood...as in ring porous?

I can only imagine what these plants looked like externally. It sounds as though they were monocotyledon-ous-ish-y.

 

[mdvaden]

Re: \'Early wood\' samples reshape plant history

This stuff is partly interesting.

But when it come to 400 million years, can't scientists be off the mark by 20 million years here and there?

Is it possible that the new discovery, is really 370 million years old?

Sort of odd in a way, how fossils and dinosaurs can be so interesting even though they should have gone back to dust.

 

[boreality]

Re: \'Early wood\' samples reshape plant history

There's a news story being released today about regenerating over a 30,000 year old plant. It was found in Siberian permafrost. It's not a petrified seed in amber but still really old. That would of involved some cool propagation work.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/319967

 

[mdvaden]

Re: \'Early wood\' samples reshape plant history

The title is amusing.

Sort of reminds me of Jurassic Park. Which is sort of a fun movie concept.

 

[boreality]

Re: \'Early wood\' samples reshape plant history

Here's another related story. The Pompeii of forests.

http://gizmodo.com/5886774/extraordinary...inese-coal-mine