Tree species reflect Earth's supercontinent split

Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 16:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

An ancient family of trees, the cypresses, got their start on the supercontinent Pangaea before it split apart. New genetic research indicates this continental split helped shaped the evolution of these trees.

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