Asia's first mulberry fossil unearthed in Rajasthan's lignite mines : vimarsana.com

Scientists have unearthed Asia’s first fossil record of mulberry from the Gurha lignite mines near Bikaner in western Rajasthan, a finding that they say, indicates the existence of a warm, humid climate in north-western India 56 million years ago. Although mulberry (Morus genus) is now widely grown in India and Asia, no fossils of the […]

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