Ancient muscle tissue extracted from 18 million year old fossil
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 18:22
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have extracted organically preserved muscle tissue from an 18 million years old salamander fossil. The discovery by researchers from University College Dublin, the UK and Spain, reported in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows that soft tissue can be preserved under a broader set of fossil conditions than previously known.
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