The eternal struggle of trees: a commentary on ‘A dwarf conifer tree from the Triassic of Antarctica: the first fossil evidence of suppressed growth in a favourable climate?’ All major lineages of living vascular plants have tried their hands at being trees; this repeated evolution of the woody, single-trunked growth form has be

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The World’s Oldest Wooden Structure Has Just Been Discovered—And It’s 467,000 Years Old In Zambia, archaeologists discovered evidence suggesting that early humans may have been less nomadic—and more intelligent—than once thought

We know about the Stone Age, Bronze Age, etc. The truth is, we have always been in the Wood Age, but wood does not preserve well in the fossil record. Larry Barham and colleagues found a wood structure in Zambia, made 476,000 years ago, probably by Homo heidelbergensis. It's an amazing find.

How conservationists found a rare flower called the Saints' Daisy after 60 years The plant was last seen in 1965 on Santa Cruz Island — one of the few places it's known to have existed in California.

How conservationists found a rare flower called the Saints' Daisy after 60 years
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Before this spring, the last time anyone had laid eyes on a small flower with lavender petals on Santa Cruz Island was nearly 60 years ago.
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My 2021 reconstruction of the Early Cretaceous tree-fern Weichselia reticulata based on Blanco‐Moreno et al. 2020 (stem) and 2019 (leaves). This plant was common across much of the world in the Early/"Middle" Cretaceous period, including the Bernissart Iguanodon pit, Las Hoyas and Kem Kem beds.

In such weather, I always carry something warm with me.

A pint of the living dead – making beer with zombie plants | John Innes Centre One day, a few years ago, a local teacher found something strange in his garden. The story that follows is one of plants, beer, bacteria, insects and ZOMBIES! For this Halloween special edition blog…

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