Andrew C. Scott's research team found that fungal spores have microscopic features similar to those previously attributed to nanodiamonds.
Notes on verification
Corroborated by peer-reviewed PNAS paper co-authored by Scott, ScienceDaily press coverage, and Wikipedia's summary of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis controversy. The core scientific claim—that fungal/biological material was misidentified as nanodiamonds—is well-supported across independent sources. [cascade flags: aggregator_dropped_primary_exists,wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.77 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Fungi, Feces Show Comet Didn't Kill Ice Age Mammals? (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2010GL043345 (corroboration)
- https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1003904107 (corroboration)