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Jurassic Campus

bnt · 2009-11-14 22:29:35

http://www.physorg.com/news176660912.html So, next time you see a 15-foot tall salamander in Elements, queueing for a cheeseburger, you know who to blame. :eek:

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14-11-2009 11:29pm

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bnt

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http://www.physorg.com/news176660912.html

(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.

So, next time you see a 15-foot tall salamander in Elements, queueing for a cheeseburger, you know who to blame. :eek:

Death has this much to be said for it:
You don’t have to get out of bed for it.
Wherever you happen to be
They bring it to you—free.
— Kingsley Amis

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#2 15-11-2009 1:31pm
Riamfada

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Ah I see the Pulse replacements have arrived.

Excellent ............

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#3 16-11-2009 11:43pm
Michaelrsh

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bnt wrote: »

We came across the muscle tissue during our analysis of several hundred fossil samples taken from an ancient lake bed in Southern Spain

LIES, It was the UCD lake, not a lake in Southern Spain.

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