Prehistoric Flower Perfectly Preserved In Amber Is Older Than Love Itself

A day too late for Valentine’s Day, researchers from Oregon State University and Rutgers University announced that they’ve discovered a tiny bouquet of perfectly preserved flowers that pre-date even love itself… The flowers in the amber were identified by co-author and Rutgers botany professor Lena Struwe as a member of the asterid family that has gone on to provide humanity with crops like potatoes and coffee, but these particular samples are from the genus Strychnos, the darker branch of the family that produced famous poisons like strychnine.