Recent research conducted by a collaboration of institutions, including Cal Poly Humboldt and Yale University, delves into the evolutionary history of trees.
The study specifically examines how drought conditions may have influenced the development of tree species over time.
This inquiry reframes a key question in plant evolution: what factors contributed to the emergence of trees as we know them today?
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Update at 13:20 UTC on 2026-07-01
Phys.org reported A study is reframing a fundamental question in plant evolution: What made trees possible? Researchers from Cal Poly Humboldt, Yale University, the University of Hohenheim in Germany and the Czech Academy of Sciences set out to understand ho.
Sources: Phys.org