Yana da ban mamaki a yi tunanin cewa ɗan ƙwanƙwasa da aka makale a cikin amber tsawon shekaru miliyan 54 yanzu ya zama wahayin kimiyya. Burbushin halittar gecko a cikin tsattsauran yanayi wata dama ce a gare mu don fahimtar ɗabi'a, tsarin jiki, da yanayin halittar geckos daga miliyoyin shekaru da suka wuce.
An gano wannan binciken ne a cikin 2004 da masu bincike Aaron M. Bauer, daga Sashen nazarin halittu a Jami'ar Villanova, Wolfgang Bohme daga Museum Alexander Koenig da Wolfgang Weitschat daga Jami'ar Hamburg.
Wannan wahayi mai ban mamaki yana aiki a matsayin shaida ga zurfin zurfin da sarkakiya na tarihin duniyarmu, yana nuna mahimmancin ci gaba da bincike da bincike burbushin halittu. Yayin da muke ƙarin haske game da abubuwan da suka gabata na duniyarmu, muna samun bayanai masu mahimmanci game da juyin halitta da ci gaban rayuwa a duniya, yana ba mu damar fahimtar matsayinmu a duniyar da ke kewaye da mu.
Bayan nazarin kimiyya mai zurfi, da takardun bincike ya bayyana cewa burbushin na zamanin Farkon Eocene ne. Ga waɗanda ba su da masaniya da wannan tsarin yanayin ƙasa, Eocene Epoch ko lokacin, wanda ya kasance daga 56 zuwa 33.9 shekaru miliyan da suka gabata, an gane shi a matsayin yanki na biyu mafi girma na Lokacin Paleogene a cikin zamanin Cenozoic na zamani.
A cewar masu binciken, wannan gecko an makale ne a cikin amber na Baltic kuma an gano shi a arewa maso yammacin Rasha. Suna da'awar cewa wannan burbushin shine “tsohuwar kadangaren gekkonid da za a wakilta fiye da ragowar kwarangwal. Lambobin samfurin galibi suna nan cikakke kuma suna bayyana haɗe-haɗe na musamman na haruffan da ba a gani a kowane nau'i mai rai."
Binciken ya kuma bayyana cewa na'urorin (Scansors)ƙananan ƙafar gecko) sun yi kama da waɗanda aka samu a zamanin yanzu kuma sun tabbatar da cewa tsarin tsarin mannewa ya kasance a cikin geckos kusan shekaru 20 zuwa 30 a baya fiye da yadda aka yi imani da su a baya.
Wannan yana nufin cewa geckos sun kasance a wannan duniyar ta kusan tsawon wannan lokaci kuma sun tsira daga duk abin da yanayi ya jefa a gabansu har zuwa yau. Yaya abin ban mamaki da ban mamaki yake a lokaci guda?
Bayan karanta game da gecko mai shekaru miliyan 54 da aka makale a cikin amber, karanta game da dorinar dorinar ruwa na farko da ke kusa da su kafin dinosaur.
