Innerworld@lemmy.world to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days agoScientists have confirmed that a 26ft tall, tree-trunk-shaped organism, first discovered in Scotland in 1843, isn't a fungus or plant, but an entirely distinct evolutionary branch of lifewww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down15cross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
arrow-up1168arrow-down1external-linkScientists have confirmed that a 26ft tall, tree-trunk-shaped organism, first discovered in Scotland in 1843, isn't a fungus or plant, but an entirely distinct evolutionary branch of lifewww.telegraph.co.ukInnerworld@lemmy.world to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days ago an entirely extinct evolutionary branch of life Pardon my ignorance, I seem to have misunderstood the meaning of “extinct” (?).
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·edit-22 days agoIt’s a fossil. Really should be part of the headline.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoOooh, okay yeah. Man, what I wouldn’t give to time travel back millions of years and just have a glance through the window of a pod, to see what it would be like to live here for a day back then.
Pardon my ignorance, I seem to have misunderstood the meaning of “extinct” (?).
It’s a fossil. Really should be part of the headline.
Oooh, okay yeah.
Man, what I wouldn’t give to time travel back millions of years and just have a glance through the window of a pod, to see what it would be like to live here for a day back then.