Chinese professor discovers two and half million year old peach fossils

Q.  Which fruit’s fossilized remains have been discovered for the first time on December 1st 2015?
- Published on 02 Dec 15

a. Peaches
b. Mangoes
c. Bananas
d. Apples

ANSWER: Peaches
 
A Chinese professor made the first discovery of fossilized peaches. The discovery was made in Kunming, capital of Yunnan in southwest China. The fossils were found to be dating back to more than 2.5 million years. This sheds new light on the evolutionary history of peaches which were thought to have originated in China.

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