Squid ink from Jurassic period identical to modern cuttlefish ink
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 16:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists have found that two ink sacs from 160-million-year-old giant squid fossils discovered 2 years ago in England contain the pigment melanin, and that it is essentially identical to the melanin found in the ink sacs of modern-day squid.