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Dead Sea dates grown from 2000-year-old seeds By Andrew Curry, Science News, Feb. 5, 2020 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/dead-sea-dates-grown-2000-year-old-seeds Scientists Revive Ancient Trees From 2,000-Year-Old Seeds Heard on All Things Considered, February 6, 2020 https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2020/02/06/803186316/dates-like-jesus-ate-scientists-revive-ancient-trees-from-2-000-year-old-seeds The open–acess paper is: Sarah Sallon, Emira Cherif, Nathalie Chabrillange, Elaine Solowey, Muriel Gros-Balthazard, Sarah Ivorra, Jean-Frédéric Terral, Markus Egli, and Frédérique Aberlenc, 2020, Origins and insights into the historic Judean date palm based on genetic analysis of germinated ancient seeds and morphometric studies Science Advances 05 Feb 2020: Vol. 6, no. 6, eaax0384 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax0384 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/6/eaax0384 Yours, Paul H.
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Seed-plant fossils Found in Late Permian strata of Jordan
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Fossils Unexpectedly Discovered in Jordan Change Paradigm of Plant Evolution Paleobotanists thought seed plants evolved after the Permian mass extinction, but fossils of early pine trees and other gymnosperms found by the Dead Sea alter timeline. Haaretz, Ruth Schuster, December 25, 2018 https://www.haaretz.com/science-and-health/.premium-fossils-unexpectedly-discovered-in-jordan-change-paradigm-of-plant-evolution-1.6783472 Middle East fossils push back origin of key plant groups millions of years By Elizabeth Pennisi, Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/middle-east-fossils-push-back-origin-key-plant-groups-millions-years Blomenkemper, P., Kerp, H., Hamad, A.A., DiMichele, W.A. and Bomfleur, B., 2018. A hidden cradle of plant evolution in Permian tropical lowlands. Science, 362(6421), pp.1414-1416. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6421/1414 Yours, Paul H.-
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Ancient Dead Sea, Jordan, Community Wiped Out by Air Burst?
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An exploding meteor may have wiped out ancient Dead Sea communities. Archaeologists at a site in what's now Jordan have found evidence of a cosmic calamity by Bruce Bowe, Science News, November 20, 2018 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/exploding-meteor-may-have-wiped-out-ancient-dead-sea-communities? P.J. Silvia et al. The 3.7ka BP Middle Ghor event: catastrophic termination of a Bronze Age civilization. American Schools of Oriental Research annual meeting, Denver, November 17, 2018. http://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-Abstract-Book_updated_10-15-18.pdf The Civilization-Ending 3.7KYrBP Event: Archaeological Data, Sample Analyses, and Biblical Implications Conference Paper, November 2015 Conference: Near East Archaeological Society (NEAS) Annual Meeting, At Atlanta, GA. PDF file at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286450259_The_Civilization-Ending_37KYrBP_Event_Archaeological_Data_Sample_Analyses_and_Biblical_Implications Yours, Paul H.-
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