Optional@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day 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-square21fedilinkarrow-up1285arrow-down116file-textcross-posted to: archaeology@mander.xyz
arrow-up1269arrow-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.ukOptional@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: archaeology@mander.xyz
minus-squareeleijeep@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up93·1 day agoThis is an article in the shitrag Torygraph and it doesn’t even include a link to the original paper! There’s a preprint of the paper here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.14.643340v1.full.pdf
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoMy Hero! Thanks for posting! Hmm, preprint, submitted 2025 March 17, appears to be taking a while to get past the review process to full publication. It’s fascinating how much we’ve learned to tell about biological processes by looking at the fossilization end products.
This is an article in the shitrag Torygraph and it doesn’t even include a link to the original paper!
There’s a preprint of the paper here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.14.643340v1.full.pdf
My Hero! Thanks for posting!
Hmm, preprint, submitted 2025 March 17, appears to be taking a while to get past the review process to full publication. It’s fascinating how much we’ve learned to tell about biological processes by looking at the fossilization end products.