Did Your Easter Egg Come From A Bunny Or A Dinosaur?
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 21:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Palaeontologists have found that not all Easter eggs come from the same “parent” species - some could be from dinosaurs, including a new species from the Pyrenees. An international group of researchers has helped to determine that dinosaurs have shaped the Easter eggs we buy.Scientists were investigating whether 70 million-year-old fossil eggs found in the Pyrenees were laid by birds, or their dinosaur ancestors - researchers from the University of Leicester extended the study further by comparing Easter egg shapes to those of birds’ and dino eggs. read more