Optional@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前Scientists 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-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1306arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1287arrow-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 · 4 个月前message-square28linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareeleijeep@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up100·4 个月前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
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 个月前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.
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.