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Published online 19 June 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030616-9
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Ginkgo is living fossil
Ancient plants mirror modern trees.
Herbal medicine's favorite tree, the Gingko, is a living fossil. Newly found specimens that grew more than a hundred million years ago are remarkably similar to present-day plants1.
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