Some elongated carbon spherules linked to the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis resemble modern fecal pellets produced by insects.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by peer-reviewed source (Scott et al. 2010, GRL) and corroborated by AGU press release, Pinter et al. synthesis paper, and multiple independent science news outlets.
Sources
- Fungi, Feces Show Comet Didn't Kill Ice Age Mammals? (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2010GL043345 (agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
- https://news.agu.org/press-release/fossil-evidence-casts-doubt-on-younger-dryas-impact-theory/ (news.agu.org)
- https://cosmictusk.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Younger-Dryas-impact-hypothesis-A-requiem.pdf (cosmictusk.com)
- https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11555223 (en-academic.com)