Unveiling Nature's Hidden Patterns: Revolutionary Insights into Plant Evolution
A new study has challenged long-held beliefs about the evolution of Fibonacci spirals in plants. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh used 3D modeling to examine a 407-million-year-old plant fossil and found that the ancient plants had a different type of spiral arrangement than what is commonly observed in nature today. This discovery suggests that Fibonacci spirals evolved down two separate paths and were not prevalent in the earliest terrestrial plants. The findings provide new insights into the evolution of leaf patterns in plants and reshape our understanding of leaf evolution.