Sentences with phrase «dating ancient pollen»

The extreme age of this clonal colony of huon pines in Tasmania was discovered by carbon - dating ancient pollen found at the bottom of a nearby lakebed.

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Ancient phytoplankton and pollen grains nestled in the sediment date the early butterfly fossils to roughly 200 million years ago, researchers report today in Science Advances, whereas flowering plants began growing across the landscape only about 140 million to 160 million years ago.
Researchers have used ancient pollen to date archeological sites, he says, but this is the first time its been used to try to finger murderers.
Geophysics and soil science, carbon dating, knowledge of cultural artefacts, stories and other evidence provided from ancient documents and carvings, pollen analysis, human DNA from local populations, etc. — each had evolved in independently of one - another, but would now be combined to deepen any 21st century archaeology's approach to understanding the pot.
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