In this video Dr Paul Kenrick, a palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum, reveals a plant fossil that is very important to science. It was collected in 1912 by Captain Scott's Polar Party on their final expedition to Antarctica.
The Glossopteris indica specimen, now cared for in the Museum's collections, helped provide evidence that Antarctica had once been part of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.
More information @ http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/earth/fossils/glossopteris/
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