In a study published today in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, Senckenberg scientist Mónica Solórzano-Kraemer defines specific time periods for the terms amber, copal, and resin. Together with researchers from the Universitat de Barcelona, the Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, and the University of Kansas, she also advocates the introduction of the term “defaunation resin.” These fossilizations, formed after 1760, fall into a time period significantly impacted by humans. They often provide the only direct opportunity to trace environmental changes and species loss.
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Source: Phys.org