Recent advances in molecular phylogenetics and a series of important palaeobotanical discoveries have revolutionized our understanding of angiosperm diversification. Yet, the origin and early ...

The discovery of exceptionally well-preserved, tiny fossil seeds dating back to the Early Cretaceous corroborates that flowering plants were small opportunistic colonizers at that time, according to a ...

Paleontologists may be on the verge of solving one of the great mysteries in the history of life on our planet – the origin of angiosperms, the flowering plants. The importance of angiosperms cannot ...