Fossil fruit from 52 million years ago revealed

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http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38511034

>A fossilised fruit dating back 52 million years has been discovered in South America.

>The ancient berry belongs to a family of plants that includes popular foods such as potatoes, tomatoes and peppers.

>The plant family's early history is largely unknown as, until now, only a few seeds have been found in the fossil record.

>Scientists say the origins of the class go back much further than previously thought, by tens of millions of years.

>The plant, a type of Physalis, was found in a fossilised rainforest in Patagonia.

>It belongs to the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family of flowering plants, which includes crops, tobacco, medicinal plants and garden flowers such as the petunia.
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