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Image of the Day: 400-million-year-old plant
• http://www.dvice.com, Evan AckermanTo put the age of this plant in perspective, it lived and died way, way, way before dinosaurs, the earliest of which showed up a mere 230 million years ago. The only other thing on land besides plants during the early Devonian were arthropods (primitive insects), the largest of which was likely a scorpion. It's relatively rare for something as fragile as a plant to be preserved in such good condition from so long ago, but the perspective that it gives us on the history of life is a fascinating one.