Greg

Plants
Archaeology
"No ingenuity without a little madness thrown in"
📷 my own.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Scientists have mapped the entire neural network of the fruit fly.

50 million synapses between 139,000 neurons.

[Dr. Sajad Alipour @SajadAlipour98]

Stachys lavandulifolia Vahl
(Lamiaceae)
Mazandaran, Iran
Elevation: 2,200m | June 2025
Locally known as Chāy-e Chupān (Shepherd's Tea)this aromatic medicinal herb has vanished from many of its natural habitats across Iran due to unsustainable harvesting pressure
#medicinalplant

[BotSocSA @BotSocSA]

#ThreatenedSpeciesThursday: Due to threats by mining & alien invasive plants, the Bontveld chafflower (𝘈𝘤𝘩𝘺𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘮) is listed as #Endangered. It only occurs in Gqeberha, Uitenhage and Addo & has pink bracts and leaves that bend backward.

[Greg @gzero59]

@ProfFeynman Start drilling holes through shell beads, bro.

[Greg @gzero59]

This man will always be welcome to live rent free in my headspace. True legend.

[Africa Daily @AfricaDailyZA]

South African jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim has died at 91 after a short illness in Germany. The world-renowned pianist and composer leaves behind a 70-year musical legacy.

[Greg @gzero59]

@NickDesnoyer @NikoMcCarty Yes, it will work well in plants and is worth exploring . The electro chemistry of most biotic systems will respond to magnetic control.

[Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65]

Ground squirrel coprolites preserve complex archives of ancient environmental DNA over 700,000 years https://t.co/Q9DXQ9aBkw

[Greg @gzero59]

Malaria shaped human spatial organization for the past 74 thousand years | Science Advances https://t.co/i8yC6RrZ5L

[Greg @gzero59]

Perforated, personal adornment. A shared proxy for ritual, for language and culture.
Great paper here.

[Laurent Davin @J_M_Natuf]

Identity and mobility through personal ornaments in Upper Paleolithic cantabrian hunter-gatherer societies: Insights from Llonín cave (Asturias, Spain)

https://t.co/IapmoZCYcC

[Francis M. Martin @fmartin1954]

Ectomycorrhizal community composition and extramatrical hyphal proportion predict soil carbon stocks at the landscape scale - Barber - Functional Ecology - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/XAumLV4HhX

[Greg @gzero59]

@SajadAlipour98 I never want to unsee this.

[Greg @gzero59]

There would almost be no point in attempting to describe the scene below. What emotions one must feel to be there, in this vast mountain range. Beauty above, turmoil below, heaven above, humanity beneath. Live long Dionysia, stay where you are.

[Dr. Sajad Alipour @SajadAlipour98]

Dionysia splendens
Fars, Iran
April 2026
Elevation 2950m
The first species that I discovered in 2021 from the southern Zagros of Iran. Since then, I have discovered 8 plant species new to the flora of Iran, one of which has been named in my honour(Dionysia alipourii).

[ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch]

Scientists warn that we could be the very last generation to see fireflies...

The nostalgic magic of catching fireflies on warm summer nights may soon belong only to history. Scientists warn that humanity could be the last generation to witness the glowing courtship displays of these beloved beetles. Across the globe, firefly populations are experiencing rapid declines. This quiet ecological crisis is primarily driven by habitat destruction, pesticide use, rising global temperatures, and light pollution, which disrupts the dark environments they depend on to reproduce and thrive.

As crucial predators of pests and vital indicators of environmental health, the fading presence of fireflies signals a broader threat to our ecosystems. To prevent their complete disappearance, conservationists are urging immediate action, including restoring wetlands, reducing artificial nighttime lighting, and adopting sustainable agricultural practices. Without these steps, future generations may only experience the mesmerizing dance of these living stars through stories and digital screens.

Source: National Geographic. Fireflies are vanishing—but you can help protect them. National Geographic.

#archaeohistories

[Greg @gzero59]

Now, you can see it !

[Marvin Sevilla @SprayOnCopper]

A 1:1 Scale 3D Model Comparsion between Australopithecus Africanus, Homo Habilis and Homo Georgicus(Dmanisi 5) @AnthropoTube

[Antony van der Ent @EntAntony]

The population of the facultative hyperaccumulator Silene latifolia at Allchar is the World's strongest thallium accumulating plant with up to an astonishing 70,000 mg/kg thallium in its leaves!

[Greg @gzero59]

Succulent theft from the wild. A scurge and a crisis in South Africa. Go after the buyers abroad.

[Encounters Festival @EncountersDoc]

🎬 VET vannie Land. One botanist. Global syndicates. A race to save what's left.A gripping look at the illegal succulent trade threatening the Richtersveld's unique biodiversity. https://t.co/EEdaIci4oK @kykNETtv
📍 JHB Rosebank — 6 June | 4PM
📍 JHB Bioscope — 9 June | 8PM

[Greg @gzero59]

Malaria shaped human spatial organization for the past 74 thousand years | Science Advances https://t.co/i8yC6RrZ5L

[Greg @gzero59]

https://t.co/impGO9gAXS
Yes, there are still some exceptionally biodiverse places on earth that have remained blank spots for taxonomists. Intrepid African researchers have finally ventured into and onto the spectacular Lisima plateau.
Angola.

[Greg @gzero59]

@ChrisStringer65 No mention here of proteomic studies on tooth enamel, to determine sex. I assume cremation has eliminated this possibility?