Fossilized forest unearthed in the UK is the oldest ever found at 390 million years old (www.livescience.com)
Fossilized trees discovered by chance in southwest England belong to Earth’s earliest-known forest, new research has found. The 390 million-year-old fossils supplant the Gilboa fossil forest in New York state, which dates back 386 million years, as the world’s oldest known forest....