Phylogenomic Analyses Of 2,786 Genes In 158 Lineages Support a Root of The Eukaryotic Tree of Life Between Opisthokonts (Animals, Fungi and Their Microbial Relatives) and All Other Lineages https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.26.433005v1
Yesterday afternoon in Florence (latitude 43.77 N, further north than NY or Toronto) it was 20 degrees C. Trees have been blooming for about 3 weeks now & it's still February. I'd like to say that this isn't normal, but it's been like this for years now #climatechange
the Sand #seastar Astropecten irregularis, a carnivorous #starfish that feeds on #molluscs, spends the day buried under sandy sediment. This gorgeous #fossil from the Emilia Romagna region shows they have inhabited the #Mediterranean for at least 2.5 million years #FossilFriday
Phylogenetic analyses of fossils & pseudofossilization of extant taxa suggest origins of many modern palm lineages in the Cretaceous and early Paleogene.
Fossil palm reading: using fruits to reveal the deep roots of palm diversity...
