bibliolater, 10 months ago to science

"We extracted ancient DNA from a recently exposed fracture surface of a clay brick deriving from the palace of king Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BCE) in Nimrud, Iraq. We detected 34 unique taxonomic groups of plants."

Arbøll, T.P., Rasmussen, S.L., de Jonge, N. et al. Revealing the secrets of a 2900-year-old clay brick, discovering a time capsule of ancient DNA. Sci Rep 13, 13092 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38191-w #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Science #Ancient #DNA #Genetics #Ecology #Bioscience #Plants #History #Academia #Academic #Academics @science

bibliolater, 10 months ago to science

"We extracted ancient DNA from a recently exposed fracture surface of a clay brick deriving from the palace of king Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BCE) in Nimrud, Iraq. We detected 34 unique taxonomic groups of plants."

Arbøll, T.P., Rasmussen, S.L., de Jonge, N. et al. Revealing the secrets of a 2900-year-old clay brick, discovering a time capsule of ancient DNA. Sci Rep 13, 13092 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38191-w #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Science #Ancient #DNA #Genetics #Ecology #Bioscience #Plants #History #Academia #Academic #Academics @science

jgpausas, 10 months ago to plants

Who was the first researcher that looked at #fire as an #evolutionary process?
In #plants and in #animals
Hint: it wasn't #Darwin, sorry!

Evolutionary fire ecology: an historical account & future directions https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biad059/7238546 #BioScience

We may have missed some women & non-English speakers; their invisibility is a long-standing problem. If so, we would appreciate feedback on such omissions

@ecology @plants @botany @wildfirescience @plantscience @nature @biodiversity
@evolution

bibliolater, 10 months ago to random

🧵 #Thread: this the first #toot in a series of #toots that will eventually be stitched together into a #megathread related to 📚#books and 📘#ebooks. (1)