The overall sentiment reflects strong support and interest in the findings, with comments like 'flower power survived' and 'merely pruned', indicating enthusiasm for the idea that angiosperms were resilient. The tone varies from scientific commentary to accessible summaries, showing a mix of engagement levels but a shared recognition of the study's significance.
AgreementModerate agreement
Most discussions support the study’s conclusion that angiosperms survived the K-Pg extinction event, emphasizing the resilience of flowering plants.
InterestHigh interest
The topic of plant survival and mass extinction is highly engaging for the audience, evidenced by mentions of dinosaur extinction and plant resilience.
EngagementModerate engagement
Participants discuss details about the research methods and broader implications, such as the evolutionary stability of angiosperms.
ImpactModerate impact
The discussions highlight that the study challenges previous assumptions about mass extinction impacts on plants, which could influence future research and understanding.
Abstract in brief
The study finds no phylogenetic evidence supporting a mass extinction of angiosperms (flowering plants) during the KPg (Cretaceous-Paleogene) boundary, despite the fossil record showing high species-level extinction.
Analysis of extensive angiosperm phylogenies indicates that extinction rates remained relatively constant over time, with no significant increase at the KPg event.
These results suggest that angiosperms were resilient through the mass extinction, with higher lineages surviving the event and maintaining overall evolutionary stability.]
While 75% of Earths's species were going extinct at K-Pg, the flowering plant evolutionary tree was merely pruned, without a detectable mass extinction. Really fun paper with @LabSpiritu https://t.co/PylFPBN6Zd
The resilience of angiosperms
"How "flower power" survived mass extinction 66 million years ago to become the dominant plant type."
#Science #Biology
⏯️Flowering #plants survived the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs
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Paléontologie
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Il y a 66 Ma, 75% des espèces vivantes se sont éteintes. Et les plantes à fleurs ?
Y las plantas con flores aguantaron bastante bien el evento K-Pg
"No phylogenetic evidence for angiosperm mass extinction at the Cretaceous–Palaeogene (K-Pg) boundary"
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A recent study shows flowering plants were relatively unaffected during the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, helping them become the dominant plant group today.
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If you want to hear more about angiosperms & K-Pg, I am doing a @rsocpublishing seminar next month https://t.co/Hx3rwFDn5v. Our original paper: https://t.co/yelIma7RY0, NY Times coverage: https://t.co/jn3FPAeogN, and the opinion piece: https://t.co/LjZ2LRE5ds
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The resilience of angiosperms
"How "flower power" survived mass extinction 66 million years ago to become the dominant plant type."
#Science #Biology
⏯️Flowering #plants survived the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs
1-https://t.co/ntjSHwTa7n
2-https://t.co/Z5gllAzsXW https://t.co/UlUm4MAZnj
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Mario
@L_ssar · X
Y las plantas con flores aguantaron bastante bien el evento K-Pg
"No phylogenetic evidence for angiosperm mass extinction at the Cretaceous–Palaeogene (K-Pg) boundary"
https://t.co/cPQXc4nkt6
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Angrboða
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When a mountain-size slab of space rock rammed into Yucatán Peninsula 66 mya, fallout was apocalyptic. Tsunamis washed away coastlines, raging fires engulfed forest, dust, debris blotted out sun. 3/4 planet’s species, non-avian dinosaurs, wiped out.
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No phylogenetic evidence for angiosperm mass extinction at the Cretaceous–Palaeogene (K-Pg) boundary
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Yakın zamanda yapılan yeni bir çalışma, çiçekli bitkilerin 66 milyon yıl önce K-Pg yok oluşundan, dinozorları öldüren meşhur kitlesel yok oluştan sağ çıktığını ortaya koymuş. https://t.co/8ZNocXiVbC https://t.co/KNdFiBt6Vr
While 75% of Earths's species were going extinct at K-Pg, the flowering plant evolutionary tree was merely pruned, without a detectable mass extinction. Really fun paper with @LabSpiritu https://t.co/PylFPBN6Zd