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Fossils suggest an aquatic plant that bloomed underwater was among first flowering plants

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imageCompression of the long-leaf form of _Montsechia_.David Dilcher, Author provided

Photosynthesis – the ability to convert energy from the sun into fuel – first appeared on Earth in single-celled organisms, which eventually evolved into algae, then mosses, then ferns. Flowering plants, now such a familiar part of...

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