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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

True wood? Wood was reinvented multiple times.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

isn't it all just the same genes responsible for wood-making, getting switched on and off repeatedly?

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

There’s no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically)

Also, at least with germans coal deposits, they exists because bacteria/fungus first needed a few million years to learn to digest lignin.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

On a related note, may I suggest "No such thing as fish" as a podcast? From QI-producers been going on since the episode with "no such thing as fish" thing

https://youtube.com/@nstaaf