Ancient cocoons qhia ntau pua mummified mummified los ntawm lub sij hawm ntawm lub Pharaohs

Kwv yees li ntawm 2975 xyoo dhau los, Vaj Ntxwv Siamun tau kav hla tebchaws Iziv qis thaum lub sijhawm Zhou Dynasty kav hauv Suav teb. Meanwhile, nyob rau hauv Ixayees, Xalaumoo tos nws succession mus rau lub zwm txwv tom qab David. Hauv cheeb tsam uas peb tam sim no paub tias yog Portugal, cov pab pawg tau ze rau qhov xaus ntawm Hnub Nyoog Bronze. Qhov tseem ceeb, nyob rau niaj hnub no qhov chaw ntawm Odemira nyob rau sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm Portugal, qhov txawv txav thiab tsis tshua muaj tshwm sim tau tshwm sim: ntau tus muv tuag nyob rau hauv lawv cov cocoons, lawv cov yam ntxwv anatomical intricate impeccably khaws cia.

Nyob rau hauv ib qho kev pom zoo, mummified mummified encased nyob rau hauv lawv cov cocoons tau unearthed raws Portugal lub picturesque sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv. Txoj kev zoo tshaj plaws ntawm fossilization no tau ua rau cov kws tshawb fawb muaj lub sijhawm tshwj xeeb los kawm txog lub neej ntawm cov kab qub no, ua rau pom kev cuam tshuam ntawm cov tsiaj txhu uas yuav cuam tshuam rau lawv, thiab muaj peev xwm nkag siab txog qhov cuam tshuam ntawm kev hloov pauv huab cua rau cov neeg muv niaj hnub no.

Pua pua ntawm mummified mummified nyob rau hauv lawv cov cocoons tau pom nyob rau sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm Portugal, nyob rau hauv ib tug tshiab paleontological site nyob rau hauv lub ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm Odemira.
Pua pua ntawm mummified mummified nyob rau hauv lawv cov cocoons tau pom nyob rau sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm Portugal, nyob rau hauv ib tug tshiab paleontological site nyob rau hauv lub ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm Odemira. Andrea Baucon / Kev Siv Ncaj Ncees

Cov muv, uas tau khaws cia rau qhov tshwj xeeb ntawm kev nthuav dav, muab cov kws tshawb fawb txog kev nkag siab txog lawv cov poj niam txiv neej, hom, thiab txawm tias cov paj ntoos tso tseg los ntawm leej niam. Nyob rau hauv tag nrho, plaub qhov chaw paleontological teem nrog qhov tsis tshua pom tau pom nyob rau hauv thaj tsam Odemira ntawm Portugal, nrog rau txhua qhov chaw khav theeb siab ntawm muv cocoon fossils. Tab sis tej zaum qhov txaus nyiam tshaj plaws ntawm qhov kev tshawb pom no yog cov muv qhov sib thooj nyob rau hauv lub sij hawm, raws li cov cocoons hnub rov qab yuav luag 3,000 xyoo.

Cov cocoons, tam sim no pom, tshwm sim los ntawm ib txoj kev tsis tshua muaj fossilization - feem ntau lub cev pob txha ntawm cov kab no yog decomposed sai heev vim nws cov chitinous muaj pes tsawg leeg, uas yog cov organic compound.
Cov cocoons, tam sim no pom, tshwm sim los ntawm ib txoj kev tsis tshua muaj fossilization - feem ntau lub cev pob txha ntawm cov kab no yog decomposed sai heev vim nws cov chitinous muaj pes tsawg leeg, uas yog cov organic compound. Andrea Baucon / Kev Siv Ncaj Ncees

Cov mummified mummified belongs rau hom Eucera, ib ncig ntawm 700 hom mummified uas tseem nyob hauv av loj Portugal hnub no. Lawv lub xub ntiag thov cov lus nug: dab tsi ecological tej yam kev mob ua rau lawv demise thiab tom ntej preservation? Txawm hais tias cov laj thawj tseeb tseem tsis meej, cov kws tshawb fawb tau pom tias qhov kev txo qis thaum hmo ntuj lossis dej nyab ntev ntawm thaj chaw tuaj yeem ua ib feem.

Txhawm rau tshawb nrhiav cov qauv tsis tshua muaj ntxiv, cov zej zog tshawb fawb tau tig mus rau microcomputed tomography, cov txheej txheem txiav-ntug uas muab cov duab peb sab ntawm mummified mummified lodged tob hauv lawv cov cocoons kaw. Qhov kev siv thev naus laus zis no tso cai rau cov kws tshawb fawb los tshuaj xyuas cov txheej txheem anatomical intricate ntawm cov kab thiab tau txais kev pom zoo rau lawv lub neej yav dhau los.

X-ray micro-computed tomography views ntawm ib tug txiv neej Eucera muv (ventral) nyob rau hauv lub kaw cocoon. Saib tau nyob rau hauv ICTP ElettramicroCT, Trieste's Elettra synchrotron hluav taws xob chaw nyob rau hauv ltalis.Cov duab qhia lub architecture ntawm lub excavated brood chamber kaw los ntawm lub kauv cap, muaj ib tug neeg laus muv ze rau tso tseg lub cell.
X-ray micro-computed tomography views ntawm ib tug txiv neej Eucera muv (ventral) nyob rau hauv lub kaw cocoon. Saib tau nyob rau hauv ICTP ElettramicroCT, Trieste's Elettra synchrotron hluav taws xob chaw nyob rau hauv ltalis.Cov duab qhia lub architecture ntawm lub excavated brood chamber kaw los ntawm lub kauv cap, muaj ib tug neeg laus muv ze rau tso tseg lub cell. Federico Bernardini / ICTP.

Txawm hais tias qhov kev tshawb pom ntawm cov mummified mummified no yog qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv thiab ntawm nws tus kheej, nws yog lawv qhov cuam tshuam uas ua rau muaj kev ntxim nyiam ntau dua. Raws li lub ntiaj teb no cuam tshuam nrog kev loj hlob hem los ntawm kev hloov pauv huab cua, kev poob ntawm cov pollinators tseem ceeb xws li muv tau dhau los ua qhov teeb meem ntawm kev txhawj xeeb. Los ntawm kev nkag siab txog yuav ua li cas cov muv no tau cuam tshuam los ntawm kev hloov pauv ib puag ncig yav dhau los, cov kws tshawb fawb vam tias yuav tau txais kev nkag siab txog cov muv tam sim no thiab tsim cov tswv yim tiv thaiv rau yav tom ntej.

Naturtejo Geopark, suav nrog thaj av Odemira, ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv kev tshawb fawb no. Raws li ib feem ntawm UNESCO Ntiaj Teb Network, lub geopark npog ntau lub nroog thiab tau mob siab rau kev khaws cia thiab tshawb xyuas cov kev xav ntawm geological thiab ecological hauv cheeb tsam. Qhov kev tshawb pom ntawm mummified mummified ntxiv lwm txheej ntawm kev nplua nuj rau geopark qhov zoo kawg li biodiversity thiab ntxiv dag zog rau nws qhov tseem ceeb hauv kev nkag siab txog qhov nyuaj ntawm peb lub ntiaj teb ntuj tsim.


Cov kev tshawb pom tau luam tawm nyob rau hauv phau ntawv journal Cov ntaub ntawv hauv PalaeontologyCov. 27 Lub Xya Hli 2023.