Fossils from 1.6 billion years ago may be oldest-known plants
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 14:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fossils unearthed in India that are 1.6 billion years old and look like red algae may represent the earliest-known plants, a discovery that could force scientists to reassess the timing of when major lineages in the tree of life first appeared on Earth.