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SUMMARY:Plant Evolution through the Lens of Plant Microfossils - Dr Julia 
 Gravendyck (University of Bonn)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251204T190000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251204T200000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Julia Gravendyck is a lecturer in systematic botany at the 
 University of Bonn.\n\nThe history of plants is preserved not only in leav
 es and wood\, but also in microscopic fossils such as pollen and spores. A
 bundant across geological time\, these microfossils provide a powerful len
 s for reconstructing vegetation change and evolutionary transitions. Julia
 's lecture explores how they refine our understanding of plant evolution\,
  from the earliest land plants to the rise of flowers. Recent discoveries 
 of Early Cretaceous pollen shed new light on Darwin’s “abominable myst
 ery” of angiosperm origins\, while palynology also reveals how plant com
 munities responded to mass extinctions. Together\, these insights show how
  tiny fossils illuminate some of the biggest questions in botany: how plan
 t communities coped with global crises\, and where flowering plants first 
 transformed Earth's ecosystems.\nSpeakers:\nDr Julia Gravendyck (Universit
 y of Bonn)
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URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/99a3b24b-8ff6-4339-b2b0-f02d6c4adf19/
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 Dr Julia Gravendyck (University of Bonn)
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