They examined microscopic mineral plant remains known as phytoliths and starch grains in small cavities on the surfaces of the stones. The researchers found only a few phytoliths and determined ...
The work was done in collaboration with colleagues from Canada and Poland. Siver's team identified fossilized ...
In addition to confirming the northernmost record of palms during this time, the study also documents, for the first time, fossilized stegmata—linear arrays of phytoliths in palm foliage ...