Earth's possible "first flower" doesn't have roots or petals, but it might be able to tell us a myriad of things about our own evolution and the future of pollination.

BIOLOGY
Chimerism is sibling rivalry at its most primal.
The smearwort (Aristolochia rotunda) dupes fruit flies into entering its flowers and then traps them there, getting pollinated without offering any reward.
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Wherever the uakaris went, they saw, an assortment of birds followed them.