It shows how various techniques can be used to reveal the secrets of plant fossils and how to identify common types, such as compressions and impressions. Incorporating the concepts of evolutionary ...

A study of fossil sites in Australia has revealed "exquisitely preserved" plants that lived millions ... cemented together by dissolved silica—a common mineral that is the major constituent ...

The most common volcanic rocks are basalts ... What makes the silcrete plant fossils so fascinating is the superfine preservation of plant material. This includes fine roots and root nodules ...

Plant fossils are made when a plant is covered by mud or sand ... Dr Paul Kenrick, one of our experts on the early evolution of life, says, “fossil wood is quite common. This log [shown in the image ...

What originally interested lead author Michael Kipp is that the tissues of nitrogen-fixing plants can provide a record of the composition of the atmosphere they grew up in. He combines geochemistry ...