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RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/116131363356930077
Eyes, as light-sensing organs of the #lens #eye type, have #evolved independently multiple times in the animal kingdom. But what did a representative of the early #vertebrate lineage look like? According to G. Kafetzis et al. (2026), a worm-like #ancestor possessed #medianeyes bring #homologous to the modern #pinealgland of the #brain. Published in #CurrentBiology. #evolution
© this text #StefanFWirth March 2026
#Reference
G. Kafetzis et al. (2026),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.12.028 -
Fossil Footprints Reveal Two Species Of Human Ancestors Lived Side-By-Side, A Scientific First
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https://www.earth.com/news/hominin-footprints-show-two-extinct-species-of-early-humans-lived-side-by-side/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado5275 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2022.10.007 <-- shared paper
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[not my usual ‘general’ subject matter to post – but who amazing and impressive to find/recognise and then decipher this!]
#fieldwork #3Dvisualisation #spatialanalysis #anthropology #tracefossils #hominid #homoerectus #paranthropusboilei #africa #fossil #footprint #human #evolution #ancestor #dating #TurkanaBasin #kenya #africa #sediment #sedimentology #water #hydrology #LakeTurkana #shoreline #geology #soil #stratigraphy #palaeontology #paleontology #model #modeling #remotesensing -
Painting on paper, 20 x 20 cm: Ambiguous impulses for your mental cinema!
#contemporaryArt #mentalCinema #analogArt #painting #rubberStamp #reliefPrinting #saveBioDiversity #climateActionNow #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #noAFD #NoRacism #NoFascism #humanRights #humanDignity #Нетвойны #scribbles #drippings #splatters #selfportraits #aging #oldWhiteMan #patriarchy #masculinity #depression #meaningOfLife #resignation #grief #sorrow #chronicPain #ancestor #familyAlbum #memories