Pile of subfossil yew trunks on the edge of an agricultural field, north of Peterborough, UK. (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Pile of subfossil yew trunks on the edge of an agricultural field, north of Peterborough, UK.

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Scientists from the University of Cambridge studied hundreds of tree trunks, dug up by Fenland farmers while ploughing their fields. The team found that most of the ancient wood came from yew trees that populated the area between four and five thousand years ago.

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Tatiana Bebchuk

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