CHARACTERIZATION AND CHRONOLOGY OF CHARCOAL FOUND IN THE VOLCANIC ASHFALL THAT IMPACTED A LATE VALDIVIA COMMUNITY IN COASTAL ECUADOR

Characterization and chronology of charcoal found in the volcanic ashfall that impacted a late Valdivia community in coastal Ecuador

Several samples of fossilized wood (charcoal) were collected in the Papayita archaeological site, in coastal Ecuador.This carbonized material was encountered inside a Heart Rate Grip Assembly layer of volcanic ash that sealed the site.The ash-sized tephra was produced by a sub-Plinian eruption from the Guagua Pichincha volcano contemporaneous with

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Nxf7 deficiency impairs social exploration and spatio-cognitive abilities as well as hippocampal synaptic plasticity in mice

Nuclear RNA export factors (NXF) are conserved in all metazoans and are deemed essential for shuttling RNA across the nuclear envelope and other post-transcriptional processes (such as mRNA metabolism, storage and stability).Disruption of human NXF5 has been implicated in intellectual and psychosocial disabilities.In the present YELLOW DOCK report,

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