Ancient flower fossil points to core eudicot boom 99 million years ago
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 07:40
in Paleontology & Archaeology
About 140 years ago, Charles Darwin seemed to be bothered by evidence suggesting the sudden occurrence of numerous angiosperms in the mid-Cretaceous. Since Darwin's theory of evolution implies that all organisms should increase gradually, the sudden appearance of angiosperms would have represented a headache in his theory.