#  Naomi Pierce and Team Identify Fossilized Remains of Pollen-Bearing Bee 

 





August 29, 2007

 

 

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Profs. Naomi Pierce and Charles Marshall, along with lab member Santiago Ramírez, have identified the ancient fossilized remains of a pollen-bearing bee as the first hint of orchids in the fossil record. [Harvard Gazette](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2007/08/first-orchid-fossil-puts-showy-blooms-at-some-80-million-years-old/)[.](http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/09.13/99-orchid.html)



 

 

 



 

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