Wooden remains of a later prehistoric trackway at Lisheen, Ireland, damaged during industrial peat extraction.
Peatlands preserve organic archaeological remains but face many threats. We need to act now to save this fragile heritage.
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The scale of the Megaloceros horns is incredible (Zoology museum of the Jagellonian University). They grown them in a single year and then shed it, and repeated the cycle next year. How on Earth they acquired sufficient amount of minerals and nutrients?
🧪⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
Antiquity Journal
Andrej Spiridonov
An early step on the long strange road to photosynthesis www.quantamagazine.org/an-early-ste...
NEW Multidisciplinary study finds evidence for a previously unknown Iron Age funerary tradition stretching around Scotland’s northern coast, indicating complex interactions between the living and the dead connected people across the sea.
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John Tweedie
This paper is well worth reading, the caveats around the conclusion nuance the claim as a good paper should, more research is needed, while egalitarian equality is not proved enough evidence is shown to suggest a simple narrative that agriculture and settlement produces inequality is not either.
Elle Cordova
@ellecordova.bsky.social
Quicksand was not as my childhood assured me a constant risk, neither are giant clams it seems, at least Tufty did not lie about traffic.
Antiquity Journal
Awesome, enjoyed the Hemmingway "Lets watch some birds".
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An ancient lineage of cyanobacteria is helping biologists uncover an early evolutionary stage of the mind-boggling process that turns light into life.
Scientists have developed a new tool that makes bird genomes faster and easier to assemble — including tiny pieces of DNA that are usually missed. 🐦⬛
The new tool, known as MicroFinder, could help improve research into bird evolution, biodiversity and conservation. 👇
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NEW PUBLICATION on Bird 🦆 Hunting 🔫. Huge piece of work from across @universityofessex.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social Adonis Blue - #ecological impacts of #recreational #hunting in protected areas - recommendations for evidence led #regulation publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/...
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MicroFinder can be used to assemble bird genomes much quicker and more accurately than ever before.
Giant clams produce ~8 kg/cm2 of closure pressure (114 psi), less than a human bite. So you'd feel a big pinch if one closed on you, but not dangerous! They generally don't want you in their shells with them, so they'll reopen if you keep still, and large clams often can't close completely […]
