Ancient amber-encased pinecone contains sprouting seeds
Sprouting seeds have been observed in a pinecone that's been encased in amber for roughly 40 million years. Precocious germination is extremely rare in pinecones and researchers were surprised to see it on a fossilized specimen, as stated in Historical Biology.
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