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Cork bag History

60 MILLIONYEARS AGO...

There are studies that indicate the cork oak originated in the Tertiary period (between the Oligocene and Miocene periods). Some theories point to its existence since the formation of the Mediterranean basin, about 60 million years ago.

The origin of cork

MORETHAN 25 MILLIONYEARS AGO...

Several species succumbed to the Glacial period. The cork oak resisted, however, thanks to the thermal protection of its bark - the cork.

MORETHAN 10MILLIONYEARS AGO...

A fossil fragment of cork was recently found deposited in the Tagus basin, attesting to the ancient presence of cork oaks in Portugal.