Check out our new paper led by the amazing @benkuhnhaeuser.bsky.social in @science.org, exploring how the extraordinary diversity of Asian rattan palms was assembled 🌴

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1️⃣ 🌍 Fresh out in #Science! The Asian tropics are among the most biodiverse places on Earth, but where does all that diversity come from? 🤔🔍 We used 🌴 phylogenomics and 🦴 new fossils to unravel the roles of different regions in generating and distributing species! 🌱 #Evolution

Our latest research in @science.org explores how island geography 🌏🏝️ shaped the evolution of rattan palms 🌿🌴 in tropical Asia. 🔓 Read the paper using this free-access link: science.org/stoken/autho... #Biodiversity #Evolution #Biogeography

Using 90-million-year-old pollen fossils and DNA from a vast collection of global herbarium specimens, @benkuhnhaeuser.bsky.social has been able to map the spread of rattan palms across Asia, and understand the drivers that led to their astonishing diversity 🌴🏝️ 👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat...

Hungry for direct access to the Science? Check out the new publication in @science.org 👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Island geography drives evolution of rattan palms in tropical Asian rainforests

Distributed across two continents and thousands of islands, the Asian tropics are among the most species-rich areas on Earth. The origins of this diversity, however, remain poorly understood. Here, we...

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📚 Read this great commentary on our latest paper on the Origins of Asian rainforest diversity in #Science 🌏✨ here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🌴🔎 @rbgkew.bsky.social @science.org

Reading palms to characterize islands

Rattan palms illuminate the drivers of biodiversity in tropical Asia

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🌿 Read the background story of our latest paper on the Origins of Asian rainforest diversity in #Science here🌏📖: kew.org/read-and-wat... 🌴🔬 @rbgkew.bsky.social

Rattan palms and the origins of tropical Asian rainforest diversity

How we combined newly discovered fossils and DNA from global palm collections to understand more about the evolution of one of the most species-rich places on Earth

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1️⃣ 🌍 Fresh out in #Science! The Asian tropics are among the most biodiverse places on Earth, but where does all that diversity come from? 🤔🔍 We used 🌴 phylogenomics and 🦴 new fossils to unravel the roles of different regions in generating and distributing species! 🌱 #Evolution