8(Asia's oldest bamboo ) Flashcards

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which region was considered to be the birth place of bamboo

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It was either europe or Yunan provience of China

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why is that so

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It is because there are instances which prove bamboo was transloctaed to china 23 million years ago.

China’s yunan provience has large variety of bamboo and a fossil of 20million years ago was found in that region

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3
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is there any new development

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Of course…..

In India’s Makum coal field of Assam we have found a fossil of bamboo of 25 million years old.

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what will be now new narrative

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1 Bamboo originated in India not transplanted from europe because 23 million years ago our plate was still in southern hemisphere.

2 China does not hold now worlds oldest bamboo fossil record

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5
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In India which region has max bamboo plantation

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Himalayan states

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