A first in fossil research: Seeds sprouting from an amber-encased pine cone


Nov 16, 2021

Oregon State University research has uncovered the first fossil evidence of a rare botanical condition known as precocious germination in which seeds sprout before leaving the fruit.

In a paper published in Historical Biology, George Poinar Jr. of the Oregon State College of Science describes a pine cone, approximately 40 million years old, encased in Baltic amber from which several embryonic stems are emerging.

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-fossil...ased-cone.html