In "First Flower" a group of botanists and paleobotanists reveal how that "abominable mystery" is starting to move towards a solution. NOVA captures images of how they are continuing to inspire new scientific discoveries today. It all begins in northern China, where amidst the country's rich, volcanic conditions for fossil-finding, Professor Sun Ge and his team first unearth the Archaefructus fossil from an ancient lake in a region where dinosaurs once roamed. Sun Ge brings his amazing find to paleobotanist David Dilcher at the University of Florida, who has been hunting for a fossil like this his entire life. There were many evidence used in the film to determine the evolutionary history of flowering plants.
For Dilcher, the first step is
For Dilcher, the first step is