Ancient discovery in coal mine: 8 million years old 16 selvi trees

13/08/2007 - Radikal

'antik forest', which was revealed by archaeologists inMacaristan, will give hint on the previous climate of 8 million years in the world

[[T]BBC - LONDRA - found an old forest covered with nearly 8 million years old in Hungary, selvi trees. The archaeologists revealed the sixteen tree body, hidden in the coal mine in the northeast of Bukkabrany. If the vast majority of the forest, possibly covered with sandstorms after a sand storm, turned into coal. From these tree trunks, 8 million years of the world get important tips on the previous climate. Giant-sized tree stems belong to a kind of 'battery selvisi', which grows in 200 to 300 years. [
The board of trees is still brown in the photos taken by the Arkeologists, which indicates that they are shred in a very close date. 2-3 meters wide and 6 meters high billets are out of the bottom layer of the made. But now, with the cleaning of the protective layer in their surroundings, the billets face the threat of being in front of the eyes of scientists. As a result of failure of the attempt to carry one of the bodies, new methods for protection began to be considered. [

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