Giant Fossil Beans Unlock Secrets of Ancient Rainforests

Ancient fossil beans the size of modern limes may provide new insight into the evolution of today’s diverse Southeast Asian and Australian rainforests, according to Penn State researchers who identified the plants. The researchers determined that the fossils, which are among the largest seeds in the fossil record, represent a now-extinct legume genus that lived [...]

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