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More dinosaur soft tissue found

21-07-2015 11:35pm

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Adam Khor

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http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/150609/ncomms8352/full/ncomms8352.html

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The spectra obtained from the erythrocyte-like structures are surprisingly similar to the spectra obtained from the whole blood of an extant emu.

It might be possible to build up a better picture of red/white muscle and it's size to help get better weight estimates of the animals.

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