A group of neglected, damaged fossils is making headlines, as, remarkably, it yielded evidence of possible blood cell and collagen traces.
Many of us imagine that dinosaur fossils are consistently stored in a manner that’s both safe and highly regulated, but apparently that isn’t always the case.
A group of them that was pretty much tossed on a shelf and forgotten for decades is making headlines.
That’s because, remarkably, the bones yielded evidence of possible blood cell and collagen traces.
Blood cells are particularly important as studying them could settle the argument of whether dinosaurs were warm or cold-blooded.
Also significant is that the materials were