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Thu 11 Nov 2009Secrets of ancient fossils revealed by Irish scientist
AN IRISH SCIENTIST has successfully recovered preserved muscle tissue from an 18 million-year-old fossilised salamander. The work raises the possibility of finding soft tissue on any fossilised bones, even dinosaurs, writes DICK AHLSTROM
The techniques could be applied to fossils of any age, says Dr Patrick Orr, of University College Dublin’s school of geological sciences. It was simply a matter of opening up the drawers and examining the fossils, but using very advanced equipment.
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