Manipur: This article delivers the details about the recent findings of the old thorny bamboo fossils , which are believed to be more than 37,000 years old. This was found at the Chirong River in the Imphal West district of Manipur.
According to the Journal Palaeobotany and Palynology, Researchers said that these fossils were found when a study of fertiliser decomposition nearby by the Chirong river bank. This survey was conducted by the Autonomous Institute Birbal Sahani Institute of Paleo Science ( BSIP)
It stated that these fossil remains found must be around 37000 years old, and such bamboo with spikes was found in the Ice Age. Furthermore, more research and investigation work is in progress to find more such fossils.
It also started the study of these fossils by their morphology. It could be under the genus Gimonobamabusa.
This is a first-time discovery of these spike bamboo Fossils. Researchers also stated that the spike on the bamboo is believed to protect them from Herbivores, and such was found mostly in the ice age. It is very good news to know also such things are also discovered in Manipur.
About the Thorny Bamboo fossils discovered in Manipur
The news as published today in various local newspapers of Manipur also stated that such bamboo plants with spikes is grown in very cold and dry places. It also stated that before 30000 or more years ago, it was grown, but due to the climatic changes, it became extinct in Europe and other parts of the world.
According to the journal, it mentioned that the Bamboo remains were not fully converted to ice. The reports also stated that the Region of the Indo-Burma Biodiversity hotspot could be a great landmark for finding the ice age period. Such plants are now extinct in very cold and dry places, but in the northeastern part of India, they continue to survive. This finding is also helpful for the researcher to know more about the Spike bamboo and the nature of climatic conditions of the Manipur Region.
One of the team members of the research, geologist N Herojit of GSI, stated that these fossils were first found in the year 2021- 2022 from the Chirong Village in Imphal West district.
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