The river red gum is an icon of the driest continent Published: July 12, 2019 1:54am EDT. Gregory ... but there may be a skirt of fibrous grey bark for the first few metres of the base.

With a lack of ancient human bone excavations in the region, finding human DNA within this piece of chewed-up birch bark was ...

A healthy river red gum at Markaranka sheds its bark. ( /Supplied: Kate Mason/Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board ) It's part of the spectacular seasonal cycle on the flood plains.

A river red gum may grow for anywhere between 400 and 1,000 years before it falls. ... their bark cut to craft ... Each piece of furniture has been made from red gum in a stage preliminary to ...

Archaeologists found a 5,700-year-old wad of "chewing gum" — a piece of birch-tree pitch — in Lolland, Denmark. The chewed bark contained ancient DNA from a hunter-gatherer woman.

The "gum" is actually a piece of birch pitch. This is made by heating birch bark, and has been used by our ancestors since between 760,000 and 126,000 years ago.

What a 5,700-Year-Old Piece of Gum Reveals About Its Chewer. ... But it’s also possible that those hazelnut genes came from hazelnut bark she mixed in with the birch when she made the pitch.

The mighty river red gum is full of character and can be found across almost all of Australia — especially in the heart of our huge country. AND it's topped our Science Week poll.

A 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum has been discovered by an archaeology student from the University of Derby. Sarah Pickin, 23, found the lump of birch bark tar while on a dig in western Finland.