Sandra R. Schachat

Sandra R. Schachat

@schachat.bsky.social

Insects, evolution, fossils, art

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Sandra R. Schachat
@schachat.bsky.social

"The persistent incongruence between molecular clock estimates of animal terrestrialization and the fossil record could be attributed in part to preservation biases" If only someone would quantify the probability that said preservation biases explain those early-Paleozoic molecular estimates. 😭😭😭

Henry Gee 亨利·纪@endofthepier.bsky.social

Amphibious stem-insect from the Mississippian of Texas sheds light on colonization of land. Paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.comAmphibious stem-insect sheds light on colonization of land - NatureRestudy of a challenging fossil using cross-polarized light imaging and phylogenetic reconstruction identifies Chosha praecursor, a probable early-diverging insect, helping to bridge the longstanding ...
Sandra R. Schachat
@schachat.bsky.social

My first post. For today's #SciArtSeptember prompt (tawny) I'm sharing two linocuts I printed with diluted umber ink. I'm working on a series where I draw under-appreciated arthropods and other inverts into scenes from Aubrey Beardsley's illustrations from The Legend of King Arthur.

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