Evolution of plants and animals

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Evolution of plants and animals

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Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Description

About 85 million years ago New Zealand broke away from the Gondwana supercontinent, carrying with it a cargo of plants and animals. Are today's native species descendants of these primitive life forms? Or are they more recent arrivals, borne across the ocean on wing, wind or raft?

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New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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https://teara.govt.nz/en/evolution-of-plants-and-animals

Related subjects

climate and weather / geology and geologists / dna / alpine ecology

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