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Fox News: Blossoming bisexual: World's 1st flower had male and female parts When the world's first flower sprouted about 140 million years ago, it was bisexual, possessing both male and female reproductive parts, according to the researchers who virtually reconstructed the ... Science Daily: Mutation over 100 million years ago led flowers to make male and female parts differently Research by plant scientists has uncovered a snapshot of evolution in progress, by tracing how a gene mutation over 100 million years ago led flowers to make male and female parts in different ways. Mutation over 100 million years ago led flowers to make male and female parts differently Sex in the garden is more straightforward for the birds and the bees than it’s for the plants.