"It turned out to be really a Chinese ancient fruit, it seems that I am not mistaken. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Su Jing said with a smile, he had also checked the information before, but he was not sure.

Looking at Su Jing's heartless appearance, Ye Bo and Zhou Xixian couldn't help but want to strangle him, do you kid know how shocking this plant he took out is? Of course, they were also excited. Because this ancient Chinese fruit is so valuable.

The ancient Chinese fruit, the "world's earliest flower" that bloomed in western Liaoning region of China 145 million years ago, is a legend in the paleontological and archaeological circles.

The fossils of ancient Chinese fruits were discovered by Sun Ge and Ji Qiang in 2000 in the Lingyuan area of western Liaoning. Scientists have established this now-extinct ancient angiosperm group as a new family of early angiosperms - "Paleocarpaceae". Studies have shown that the ancient Chinese fruit is likely to be the ancestor of all flowers, fruits, and grains in the world today.

This major discovery is a new breakthrough in the study of the origin and early evolution of angiosperms around the world. On May 7, 2002, the American journal Science published a paper by the leading scientist of this achievement, Professor Sun Ge of Jilin University, and researcher Ji Qiang of the Chinese Institute of Geology.

According to the traditional theory of botanical science, angiosperms evolved from a shrub similar to the extant magnolia plant, but the Chinese ancient fruit is a small, delicate aquatic plant, more like a herbaceous plant.

In August 2003, another international research team published another possible explanation in the journal New Trends in Botany, in which it was very likely that the ancient fruit was completely immersed in water. In addition, the location of the Chinese ancient fruit in the pedigree became ambiguous using different taxonomic characteristics and was not the basis of the genealogy of flowering plants, as the first team believed, so they couldn't help but ask: "Is the ancient Chinese fruit the ancestor of flowering plants, or just a specialized early flowering plant?"

According to Science and Technology Daily, the American magazine "Discovery" introduced the results with the title of "The Earliest Flower Fragrance", saying that Darwin was puzzled by the sudden appearance of angiosperms, also known as flowering plants, in large numbers in the middle and late Cretaceous period (about 100 million to 65 million years ago), and could not find clues to their ancestral groups and early evolution, which was called a "nasty mystery".

Now, instead of fossils, there is such a living ancient Chinese fruit in front of you, everything is completely different, and the "mystery of nasty" is likely to be solved.

The origin of human beings, the origin of species, has always been a topic of our research, because it is related to the evolution of human beings and species, and related to the future of human beings.

"Great, with this living ancient Chinese fruit, there is no need to guess just based on fossils, and many unsolvable mysteries may be solved. Ye Bo said excitedly.

"This should also be of great help to the archaeological aspect. Zhou Xixian said.

"What do you mean by this, this is obviously paleontology, you must let me bring back the paleontology graduate students, don't mix it blindly. Ye Bo said.

"This is related to the ancient environment 100 million years ago, archaeology, of course, it has a lot to do with me. Zhou Xixian glared.

Accidentally, the two quarreled again, making Su Jing and several assistants very helpless. But I also know that they are bickering, but they generally don't make any trouble. In fact, several assistants were also very excited, and what a miraculous thing it was to be able to witness a creature more than 100 million years ago? When this news spreads, it will inevitably cause a sensation throughout the country and the world, because this is a worldwide breakthrough and a miracle.

In the end, Su Jing saw that they couldn't stand it, so he took out another ancient Chinese fruit, one for each person, and they stopped arguing.

The last time they competed for spider fossils, Su Jing sold them in the form of an auction, but this time it was given to them for free to study, because of this money, Su Jing doesn't care much now, the price is too high, and they can't afford it. What he cares more about is that he can research something that will bring a lot of good sensation and impact to the earth and obtain recovery.

"Ah Jing, where did you get so many extinct animals, and this ancient Chinese fruit, it stands to reason that it can't still survive. Ye Bo couldn't help but ask.

"Hehe, nothing is impossible, the world is so big that there are no wonders, the facts are in front of you, don't you still believe it? In addition to this one, there are a few other plants, do you want to take a look at them. Su Jing said, deliberately diverting the topic.

"And?" Ye Bo and Zhou Xixian both stared.

"Yes. Su Jing nodded.

"Of course you have to see, take it out. The second elder and several assistants were excited.

Su Jing went into the house again, and this time brought out a few plants at once, all of which were small plants planted in pots. Their shapes are very special.

"Hey, this isn't ......" A young man pointed to one of the plants, as if he remembered something, but he couldn't name it at once.

"Sun Moon Lake sheep ear garlic!" the other young man called softly.

"Huh?" Ye Bo showed a look of surprise, stared at it for a moment, nodded and said, "Xiao Wu, you read it right, this is indeed Sun Moon Lake's sheep's ear garlic." ”

I saw that the plant they called Sun Moon Lake sheep's ear garlic has a pseudobulb ovate, and the leaves are linear or linear-lanceolate, 16-30 cm long and only 1-1.5 cm wide. The racemes are apical, the upper sepals and petals are linear, about 9 mm long, and the labial flaps are ovate-oval.

"What is Sun Moon Lake's sheep ear garlic?" Zhou Xixian wondered.

"Hehe, you don't know about this. Ye Bo smiled and explained, "This is a species endemic to Taiwan, which is only distributed on Lalu Island in the Sun Moon Lake area of Nantou, at an altitude of about 750m. After the construction of the Mingtan Reservoir, its habitat has been severely damaged, and there has been no subsequent discovery record for more than 70 years, and it is likely that it has been completely extinct. ”

"That is to say, it is another extinct species, and it is so easy for you to say it, as if it were sparse and normal. Zhou Xixian said.

Ye Bo and the young man he just recognized were both stunned, yes, this is an extinct species, although it has only been extinct for seventy years, it is an extinct species, how rare, but he is so calm, there seems to be nothing to be surprised about, it seems that he has seen too many extinct species today, and he is already a little numb, and he can only blame Su Jing.

They didn't think much of it, and looked closely at the other plants, and when they looked closely, none of them recognized them at a glance.