The city of romance was once a primeval jungle, Yisuo Network, Blog Translation

The place that now boasts the Champs Elysees, the Eiffel Tower and vineyards was once possibly a jungle like the Amazon. A new analysis of amber fossils collected in France suggests that the country was once a dense tropical forest. Amber fragments dating back 55 million years were found in northern France, near the Oise River. The trees that once exuded this resin are long dead. Amber from different regions has distinct chemical compositions. This new study, detailed in the January 4th issue of the Journal of Organic Chemistry, reports the discovery of a new organic compound called "quesnoin" in the amber, which was once...