Topic

Biogeography

The study of how species are distributed across geography and how mountains, climate and corridors shape those distributions over time.

Current clusters

science2 publishers

Joint analysis of 103 bat genomes and 44 fossils places bat origins in Europe

The Bat1K consortium's Nature paper samples every one of the 21 recognised bat families and dates the group to roughly 65 million years ago, with the geography resting on where 44 fossil bats were found.

Publishers:livescience.comphys.org

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+22
Incentives55
Confidence58

science2 publishers

A capybara tooth from coastal Chile puts standing water in the Atacama 9 million years ago

Priscilla Martinez's team pulled the tooth from a marine deposit at El Morro in northern Chile. Freshwater fish, gavials and palm phytoliths from the same beds carry more of the argument than the tooth does.

Publishers:discovermagazine.comphys.org

Reality

Evidence72
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+20
Incentives30
Confidence65