This 100 million-year-old flower preserved in amber is a nearly identical match to a modern Phylica flower.
Chao Shi, et al./Nature Plants
Go to South Africa. Find some flowers from the genus Phylica. Marvel at them and think back to nearly 100 million years ago when flowers very much like those would have been blooming at the feet of dinosaurs.
A study published in the journal Nature Plants this week looks at two remarkable flowers preserved in ancient amber from…
