400 million-year-old fossil reveals the evolution of Fibonacci spirals in plants

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400 million-year-old fossil reveals the evolution of Fibonacci spirals in plants

Tejasri Gururaj, June 19, 2023

 

The paywalled paper is:

 

Turner, H.A., Humpage, M., Kerp, H. and Hetherington, A.J., 2023. Leaves

and sporangia developed in rare non-Fibonacci spirals in early leafy plants.

Science, 380(6650), pp.1188-1192.

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.