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Image result for Middle East fossils push back origin of key plant groups millions of years
This fossilized twig of a podocarp conifer dates back to the Permian, much earlier than expected.
P. BLOMENKEMPER ET AL., SCIENCE, 362/1414 (2018)
1 posted on 12/21/2018 9:55:04 AM PST by ETL
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To: ETL
Synapsids, thought to be ancient predecessors of mammals, and sauropsids, ancestors to reptiles and birds, roamed the landscape.

So THAT's where great-grandpa came from!

Hidden family secret.

2 posted on 12/21/2018 9:57:24 AM PST by sauropod (Yield to sin, and experience chastening and sorrow; yield to God, and experience joy and blessing.)
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To: ETL

The best thing about science is discovery.

Disproving a theory is as exhilarating as proving one.

On the other hand, the first church of the satan centered Climatecrisisology is a modern day golden calf.


3 posted on 12/21/2018 10:00:07 AM PST by Eddie01
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