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Paleobotanists discover the world’s oldest forest dating back 385 million years

Summary by Brighter Side News
In 2009, Charles Ver Straeten, curator of sedimentary rocks at the New York State Museum, made an unexpected discovery while surveying an old quarry. He was exploring the site with colleagues Linda Van Aller Hernick and Frank Mannolini, scouting for a potential field trip when something unusual in the stone caught his attention. Paleobotanists had examined the former highway department property since the 1960s, but Ver Straeten’s trained eye not…
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Brighter Side News broke the news in on Wednesday, February 19, 2025.
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