Fossils are not just stone.
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Fossils are not just stone. A new study confirms that dinosaur fossils can contain intact biological materials, including proteins from collagen tissue.
It's no Jurassic Park, but it's a cool advance for reconstructing ancient biology.
https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/01/31/discovery-of-collagen-in-fossil-bone-could-unlock-new-insights-into-dinosaurs/ #science #history #nature
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Fossils are not just stone. A new study confirms that dinosaur fossils can contain intact biological materials, including proteins from collagen tissue.
It's no Jurassic Park, but it's a cool advance for reconstructing ancient biology.
https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/01/31/discovery-of-collagen-in-fossil-bone-could-unlock-new-insights-into-dinosaurs/ #science #history #nature
I got so excited thinking this was a trace fossil of a carpenter ant nest but it's just a greasy old bone.
