On September 30, 2020, a reporter got news from Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Paleontologists from China and Spain recently found a strange flower in amber fossils about150 thousand years ago. Wang Xin, a researcher at the South China Institute of the China Academy of Sciences who led the research, said: "The amber fossils involved in this study came from Dominica in North America, about150,000 years ago. The research team found a small flower with a length of about 3 mm. The various components of the flower are clearly visible and belong to a typical true dicotyledonous plant. " The researchers named it? Shi Ding Flower? In memory of Sun Shi, a famous mathematician in China.
The uniqueness of flowers in Shi Ding;
Experts said, "Unlike the calyx, petal, stamen and pistil of ordinary flowers, it is particularly unique that the calyx, petal, stamen and pistil of ordinary flowers are close relatives? Squeeze? In the same part of the receptacle of floral axis, the floral axis of Dante's Flower is elongated: the components are arranged up and down in turn, and the spacing between them is pulled apart, as if passing by? Longitudinal stretching? It seems to grow on a branch. ?
How does the discovery of Shi Dinghua help the study of historical process?
Wang Xin, a researcher at the Southland Institute of China Academy of Sciences, said, "For a long time, people have been trying to figure out how flowers come from. The discovery of Shi Dinghua provides us with a very important clue. Its shape shows that the flower is probably a vertically compressed branch. In the near future, we may be able to completely solve the mystery of the evolution of flowers. ?
Personally, I think this discovery will bring a lot of help to the study of historical progress, and maybe one day this small discovery will bring a major breakthrough to the research of a certain subject. Readers, what do you think? Leave your opinion in the comments section!