Bafuputsi ba sibolotse mebala ea 'nete ea sehlopha sa likokoanyana tsa khale tse neng li tšoasitsoe ka har'a amber Myanmar lilemong tse ka bang limilione tse 99 tse fetileng. Likokoanyana tsa boholo-holo li kenyelletsa bobi ba cuckoo, lintsintsi tsa metsi le bo-maleshoane, tseo kaofela li tlang ka 'mala o moputsoa oa tšepe, o pherese le o motala.
Tlhaho e ruile ka mahlo, empa mesaletsa ea lintho tsa khale ha e boloke bopaki ba 'mala oa pele oa ntho e phelang. Leha ho le joalo, litsebi tsa paleonto joale li batla litsela tsa ho khetha mebala ho mesaletsa ea lintho tsa khale e bolokiloeng hantle, ebang ke li-dinosaur le lihahabi tse fofang kapa linoha tsa boholo-holo le liphoofolo tse anyesang.
Ho utloisisa 'mala oa mefuta e timetseng ho bohlokoa haholo hobane ho ka bolella bafuputsi ho hongata ka boitšoaro ba liphoofolo. Mohlala, 'mala o ka sebelisoa ho hohela balekane kapa ho lemosa liphoofolo tse jang tse ling, esita le ho thusa ho laola mocheso. Ho ithuta ho eketsehileng ka tsona ho ka boela ha thusa bafuputsi ho ithuta ho eketsehileng ka tikoloho le tikoloho.
Phuputsong e ncha, sehlopha sa bafuputsi se tsoang Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology (NIGPAS) sa Chinese Academy of Sciences se shebile disampole tse 35 tsa amber tse nang le likokoanyana tse bolokiloeng hantle. Mesaletsa ea lintho tsa khale e fumanoe morafong oa amber ka leboea ho Myanmar.
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“Amber e bohareng ba Cretaceous, e ka ba dilemo tse dimilione tse 99, e qadile mehleng ya kgauta ya di-dinosaur,” ho boletse sengoli se ka sehloohong Chenyan Cai phatlalatsong. “Ha e le hantle ke resin e hlahiswang ke di-conifer tsa kgale tse melang tikolohong ya pula ya dipula. Dimela le diphoofolo tse tshwerweng ka resin e teteaneng di bolokilwe, tse ding ka botshepehi bo kang ba bophelo.”
Mebala tlhahong ka kakaretso e oela likarolong tse tharo tse pharaletseng: bioluminescence, pigment, le mebala ea sebopeho. Mesaletsa ea amber e fumane mebala ea sebopeho e bolokiloeng eo hangata e leng matla ebile e khahla haholo (ho kenyeletsoa mebala ea tšepe) 'me e hlahisoa ke meaho e hasanang ea khanya e nyenyane e fumanehang hloohong, 'meleng le maotong a phoofolo.
Bafuputsi ba ile ba bentsha mesaletsa ea lintho tsa khale ba sebelisa sandpaper le phofo ea lefats'e ea diatomaceous. Amber e 'ngoe e siloa hore e be matheba a masesaane haholo e le hore likokoanyana li bonahale hantle, 'me matrix ea amber e potolohileng e batla e bonaletsa khanyeng e khanyang. Litšoantšo tse kenyellelitsoeng thutong li hlophisitsoe ho lokisa khanya le phapang.
“Mofuta oa 'mala o bolokiloeng ka har'a amber ea mesaletsa ea lintho tsa khale o bitsoa 'mala oa sebopeho,” ho boletse Yanhong Pan, mongoli-'moho oa phuputso ena, polelong. “Meralo ea nano ea holim'a metsi e hasanya maqhubu a itseng a leseli,” “e hlahisa mebala e matla haholo,” ho boletse Pan, a eketsa ka hore “mokhoa ona o ikarabella bakeng sa mebala e mengata eo re e tsebang bophelong ba rona ba letsatsi le letsatsi.”
Har'a mesaletsa eohle ea lintho tsa khale, bobi ba cuckoo bo khahla haholo, ka mebala e putsoa-botala ba tšepe, mosehla-bofubelu, pherese le botala lihloohong tsa bona, sefuba, mpa le maotong. Ho ea ka phuputso, mekhoa ena ea mebala e tsamaellana haufi-ufi le bobi ba cuckoo bo ntseng bo phela kajeno. Tse ling tse hlahelletseng li kenyelletsa bo-maleshoane ba putsoa le ba pherese le lintsintsi tsa masole tse tala tse lefifi.
Ba sebelisa microscopy ea elektronike, bafuputsi ba bontšitse hore amber ea mesaletsa ea lintho tsa khale e na le "mekhoa e meholo ea exoskeleton e bolokiloeng hantle e hasanyang leseli."
“Liphuputso tsa rona li fana ka maikutlo a matla a hore mesaletsa e meng ea amber e ka boloka mebala e tšoanang le eo likokoanyana li neng li e bontša ha li ntse li phela lilemong tse ka bang limilione tse 99 tse fetileng,” ho ngotse bangoli ba phuputso. “Ho feta moo, sena se tiisoa ke taba ea hore botala bo botala ba tšepe bo fumanoa hangata ho bobi ba cuckoo bo seng bo ntse bo le teng.”
Fermin Koop ke moqolotsi oa litaba ea tsoang Buenos Aires, Argentina. O na le lengolo la MA ho Tikoloho le Nts'etsopele ho tsoa Univesithing ea Reading, UK, ea ikhethang ho tsa boralitaba ba tikoloho le phetoho ea maemo a leholimo.