Study Finds that India was not Isolated Before Colliding Eurasia

Study Finds that India was not Isolated Before Colliding Eurasia

As per a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, scientists from University of Bonn in Germany has found that there must have been a connection between the separated India, Europe and Asia about 54 million years ago.The researchers believed that India was largely isolated for at least 30 million years

during its migration before it collided with the Eurasian plate.

The finding was based on the study conducted using tiny midges (two-winged tiny flies) encased in amber. Certain midges that occurred in India at this time display great similarity to examples of a similar age from Europe and Asia. Paleontologists investigated a total of 38 biting midges encased in amber and compared them with examples of a similar age from Europe and China.

The researchers assume that a chain of islands that existed at that time between India, Europe and Asia could have helped the biting midges to cross the oceans.