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It turned out to be an ancient Chinese fruit. It seems that I am not mistaken. Su Jing smiled. He had also checked the information before, but he was not sure.

Seeing Su Jing's heartless appearance, Ye Bo and Zhou Xixian couldn't help but want to strangle him. Do you know how shocking the plant you brought out is? Of course, they were also excited at the same time. Because this ancient Chinese fruit is so valuable.

Chinese ancient fruit, the world's earliest flower that bloomed in western Liaoning, China 145 million years ago, is a legend in paleontology and archaeology.

Chinese ancient fruit fossils were discovered by Sun Ge and Ji Qiang in 2000 in Lingyuan area of ​​western Liaoning. Scientists have established this now extinct ancient angiosperm group as a new family of early angiosperms - Paleocarpaceae. Studies have shown that Chinese ancient fruit is probably the ancestor of all flowers, fruits and grains in the world today.

This major discovery is a new breakthrough in the research on the origin and early evolution of angiosperms around the world. On May 7, 2002, the American Science magazine published the papers of the leading scientist of this achievement, Professor Sun Ge of Jilin University, and researcher Ji Qiang of the Chinese Academy of Geology, etc. in the important position of the cover article.

The morphological characteristics of the angiosperms of Chinese ancient fruit are more surprising than their era. According to the traditional theory of botany, angiosperms evolved from a type of shrub similar to the present magnolia. However, ancient Chinese The fruit is a small, delicate aquatic plant, more like a herb.

In August 2003, another international research team published another possible explanation for the Chinese ancient fruit in the journal New Trends in Botany, which considered that the Chinese ancient fruit was very likely to grow completely submerged in water. In addition, using different taxonomic features to analyze the obtained pedigree, the position of Chinese ancient fruit in the pedigree became ambiguous, not as the basis of the flowering plant pedigree as thought by the first group of research teams, so they couldn't help asking: Chinese Ancient fruit, the ancestor of flowering plants, or just a specialized early flowering plant?

According to the Science and Technology Daily, the American Discovery magazine introduced the results with the title of the earliest floral fragrance, saying that Darwin's angiosperms, also known as flowering plants, suddenly appeared in the middle and late Cretaceous period (about 100 million to 6500 years ago). 10,000 years) appeared in large numbers, and they were puzzled by the fact that they could not find their ancestral groups and clues of early evolution, which was called the nasty mystery.

Now, it is no longer a fossil, but there is such a living ancient Chinese fruit in front of us, everything is completely different, and the hate mystery is likely to be solved.

The origin of human beings and the origin of species have always been the topic of our research, because it is related to the evolution of human beings and species, and it is related to the future of human beings.

Great, with this living ancient Chinese fruit, there is no need to guess based on fossils. Many unsolved mysteries may be solved. Ye Bo said excitedly.

This should also be of great help to archaeology. Zhou Xixian said.

What do you mean? It's obviously an ancient creature. I should definitely bring me back to the graduate student of paleontology, so don't mix it up. Ye Bo said.

This is related to the ancient environment 100 million years ago, archaeology and archaeology, of course, has a lot to do with me. Zhou Xixian stared.

Accidentally, the two quarreled again, making Su Jing and several assistants very helpless. But I also know that they bicker and bicker, but generally nothing will happen. In fact, a few assistants were also very excited. How amazing is it to be able to witness a creature that lived more than 100 million years ago? When this news spreads, it is bound to cause a sensation in the whole country and the world, because this is a worldwide breakthrough and a miracle.

In the end, Su Jing saw that they were arguing and couldn't stand it any longer, so he took out an ancient Chinese fruit, one per person, and they stopped arguing.

The last time they competed for spider fossils, Su Jing sold them to them at an auction, but this time it was given to them for free research. Because of this money, Su Jing doesn't care much now. The asking price is too high, and they can't buy it. rise. What he cares more about is that he can research something, bring a lot of good sensation and influence to the earth, and obtain the recovery degree.

Ajing, where did you get so many extinct animals, and this ancient Chinese fruit, logically speaking, it is impossible for it to survive. Ye Bo couldn't help but ask.

Hehe, nothing is impossible. The world is so vast that there are many wonders. The facts are in front of you. Don't you believe it? Besides this one, there are several other plants. Do you want to take a look. Su Jing said, Deliberately digress.

Also? Ye Bo and Zhou Xixian both stared.

Yes. Su Jing nodded.

Of course, take it out. The second old man and a few assistants were all excited.

Su Jing went into the house again, and this time brought out a few plants at one time, all of which were small plants in flower pots. Their shapes are very special.

Hey, this isn't... A young man pointed to one of the plants and seemed to remember something, but he couldn't name it all at once.

Sun Moon Lake Sheep Ear Garlic! Another young man exclaimed softly.

Huh? Ye Bo looked surprised, stared at it for a moment, then nodded and said, Xiao Wu, you read that right, this is indeed Sun Moon Lake Yang's Ear Garlic.

I saw that the plant they call Sun Moon Lake Sheep's Ear Garlic has an oval pseudobulb with linear or linear-lanceolate leaves, 16-30 cm long and only 1-1.5 cm wide. The racemes are terminal, the upper sepals and petals are linear, about 9 mm long, and the labial petals are ovate-elliptic.

What is Sun Moon Lake sheep ear garlic? Zhou Xixian asked in confusion.

Hey, you don't know this. Ye Bo smiled and explained, This species is endemic to Taiwan, only distributed on Lalu Island in the Sun Moon Lake area of ​​Nantou, with an altitude of about 750m. After the construction of Mingtan Reservoir Its habitat has been severely damaged, and there has been no follow-up record for more than 70 years, and it is likely to be completely extinct.

That is to say, it is an extinct species again. Thank you for saying it so easily, it seems to be sparse and ordinary. Zhou Xixian said.

Ye Bo and the young man he just recognized were both stunned. Yes, this is an extinct species. Although it has only been extinct for 70 years, it is an extinct species. How rare, but he is so calm, as if nothing What a surprise, it seems that I have seen too many extinct species today, and they are already a little numb, and I can only blame Su Jing.

They didn't think much about it, they carefully observed the other plants, and when they looked carefully, they didn't recognize any of them at a glance.