The latest in technology looks into some old bones
Friday, June 12, 2009 - 13:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Many of us have broken bones in our bodies at one time or another, and when this happens a healing process begins. The same was true of animals in the past, and has been well documented in all groups of dinosaurs. But how can we study and understand the healing process? A new study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology uses high-resolution computed tomography (CT) imaging to guide sampling of bone lesions in the vertebrae of a hadrosaur ('duck-billed') dinosaur for histological and isotopic analysis...
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