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Fossil Cashew Nuts From the Eocene of Europe Was Important Link Between Africa and South America


Science & Tech  (tags: research, discovery, environment, eocene, evolution, fossils, botany, biology, interesting )

J.
- 798 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Researchers examined fossil remains found in the Messel oil shales,near Darmstadt,Germany,which are dated to about 47-million years ago.This new data indicates that Europe may be an important biogeographic link between Africa and the New World.
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