Innerworld@lemmy.world to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoScientists 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-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-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.ukInnerworld@lemmy.world to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square21linkfedilinkcross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
minus-squarecalliope@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThis has absolutely blown my mind! This looks exactly like the kind of whose ancestors would, over millions of years, eventually mutate to become a tree. The polished fossil in the Wikipedia article looks a shocking amount like wood!
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agothere were “trees” before actual trees evolved. in the carbiniferous, mostly from lycophytes,
minus-squareNaz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoDude; I think you’re absolutely correct. It looks like a proto-tree Also: Trees aren’t a uniform genus, but this goes to show, on any planet that has photosynthesis, trees will eventually evolve spontaneously
This has absolutely blown my mind!
This looks exactly like the kind of whose ancestors would, over millions of years, eventually mutate to become a tree.
The polished fossil in the Wikipedia article looks a shocking amount like wood!
there were “trees” before actual trees evolved. in the carbiniferous, mostly from lycophytes,
Dude; I think you’re absolutely correct.
It looks like a proto-tree
Also: Trees aren’t a uniform genus, but this goes to show, on any planet that has photosynthesis, trees will eventually evolve spontaneously