More evidence that Europe's ancient landscapes were open woodlands: Study finds oak, hazel and yew were abundant

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Nov 12, 2024, 3:50 pm252 ptsTop
In 2023 a research group from Aarhus University in Denmark found that light woodland and open vegetation dominated Europe's temperate forests before Homo sapiens. In a new study, recently published in the Journal of Ecology, they take a closer look at the composition of these forests.

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