The broader implication extends beyond flowering plants.
Many famous "rocks vs. clocks" debates may not require choosing sides. The challenge is finding better ways to let fossils and molecules speak to each other.
Link to our latest: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Using extensive fossil occurrence data and Bayesian Brownian Bridge modelling, this study derives data-driven calibration densities for molecular clocks and suggests a Late Jurassic origin of flowerin...
The hermit crab I found trying to cross a busy street yesterday seems happy in her new digs
If an owner doesn’t come forward, we’ll be getting her some buddies this weekend
Sweating through the absolute disaster weather in the DC metro and longing to be at #evol2026, where the expected highs next weekend are in the 70s
Ruolin WU
University rankings are deeply problematic. But in an era where accreditors and AAUP don’t censure over lack of shared governance, a penalty by US News in their college rankings might be the only remaining stick.
#AcademicSky
The Jurassic Gap shrinks dramatically.
Rather than fossils and molecular clocks being in fundamental conflict, they may have been talking past each other.
When fossil evidence is incorporated more comprehensively, the two records tell a much more consistent story of flowering plant evolution.
