In the 1980s, a fossil study led to the theory that plants were able to adapt to the above-water environment because of a partnership with fungi.
Plants may have colonised land.
Alliance between plants and fungi led to life on land
Focus: Ancient animals
1 Fossilised dinosaur footprints, plants and tree stumps in Alaska's far northwest reveal the area was a lush, warm riverine setting 100 million years ago. 2 An ancient amphibian ancestor found in Texas has been named Kermitops gratus in honour of ic
