In Baltic Amber, scientists discovered a unique insect age of 40 million years and called it Nebesna Sotnia.
Ukrainian scientists have discovered a new type of fossil subpoencies for nearly 40 million years and gave it a symbolic name Nebesna Sotnia – in respect of the heaven’s heroes and all the Ukrainians who gave their lives for freedom and dignity.
Opening. Life was reported by one of the study participants – biologist Roman Lesanko from the State Nature Museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The results have been published in the journal Nature.
A male insect was found in a piece of Baltic amber. Thanks to the properly modified structure of the wings and bodies, scientists have identified it as part of a rare family of Ameltaphesidae – today its representatives are located only in South America, Australia and New Zealand.
“The new clan is close, weird enough, to his relatives from Australia and New Zealand, but to Eocene (a geological segment of time when Baltic Amber is formed from the resin of trees), he lives in Europe,” Roman Lesanko explained.
Nebesna Sotnia Gen. et sp. Nov. It became a symbolic respect for the scientific for the hope and sacrifice of the Ukrainians who died during the revolution of dignity and as a result of a whole war. The description of the study states: “The name gives a deep tribute to the hope, courage and self -Sacrifice of all the Ukrainians who have suffered from the Russian military invasion.”
As Arsorko mentioned, the idea of such a name appeared for the Ukrainian scientific group for a long time -as an attempt to continue the memory of the first promes of the latest history: “The phenomenon and wonders of the heavenly path -the road to life. We must not forget about it of suffering and death.
At first, Amber with a unique copy was in the private collection of Lithuanian researcher Jonas Damzen in Vilnius. Now stored in the State Nature Museum of Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv. The scientific group also includes Ukrainian scientists Alexander Martinov and biologists who maintain important collections from the Donetsk region after work.
Earlier it was reported that the smallest of well -known anthroposes, who lived 11 million years ago, was found in Germany.
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