Wormhole Record: Centuries-Old European Woodblock Prints Show Distribution Of Wood-Boring Beetle
Posted in: Today's ChiliBy Katherine Harmon
Wormholes aren’t just for time travel or teleportation anymore. Some very real and ancient wormholes are now helping to trace the distribution of insect species and artwork.
A biologist found himself in the unlikely world of centuries-old European woodblock print art. There, he discovered that many of the small imperfections in the prints could be identified and traced back to specific species of bugs that had burrowed through the surface of the original woodblock before the print was made. By matching the hole dimensions to the time and locations in which these prints were made, the scientist, Blair Hedges, a professor of biology at The Pennsylvania State University, has been able to paint a historic record of wood-boring beetle distribution across Europe—patterns that had been previously unknown.
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