Cyril Prestianni
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The oldest plant fossils found on the African continent.
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Nationalgeographic.co.id—Researchers found fossil oldest plant in Africa that have been recorded so far. Analysis fossil very old plant found in the Baviaanskloof Formation of the Impofu Dam in the Eastern Cape Province of di Africa The south reveals this plant to be from the Lower Devonian period.
Fossil this plant shows a transition from a barren environment to the green environment we see today on the planet Earth. Study report on findings fossil This ancient plant has been published in the journal Scientific Reports on June 4, 2021.
Cyrille Prestianni, a paleobotanist from the Evolution and Diversity Dynamics Laboratory (EDDy Lab) at the University of Liège (Belgium), was one of the researchers on the study. He noted that the greening of the continents, also known as terrestrialization, is undoubtedly one of the most important processes that our planet has undergone.
For most of the history Earth, the continents were originally devoid of macroscopic life. However, since the Ordovician period or 480 million years ago, green algae have gradually adapted to life outside the aquatic environment.
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