Dinosaur Soft Tissue

[Daddee]

This is the freakiest story I've read in a long time. Talk about your Jurrasic Park:

Scientists trying to transport a T-Rex femur bone on a helicopter had to break it in half. When they did they found soft tissue perfectly preserved inside. It was still flexible and resilient and it appears that individual cells may be intact.

They're currently looking to see if DNA survived.

The scientist that made the find has concluded that fossilization obviously doesn't progress as they assumed and is encouraging museums and other large collectors of dinosaur bones to crack open the bones and see if they can find any more samples of soft tissue.
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[Dirt Dog]

What a mind boggling story, 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex! How is that Possible? This may change the whole way we estimate geologic time at the least and may even lead to a true Jurassic park

[evenstar]

Got DNA? Want clone? WOOHOO!
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