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“Astonishing” Find: Fossilized Dinosaur Blood in a 115-Million-Year-Old Specimen

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Imaging and chemical analysis of a 115-million-year-old dinosaur fossil points to blood cells
Some researchers are not convinced by the findings
Reported by Science News on 2026-11-06

Why it matters

It offers possible evidence that soft biological material such as blood cells can survive fossilization over more than 100 million years, which bears on how paleontologists interpret fossil tissues.

Who’s affected

Paleontologists studying soft-tissue preservation

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#dinosaurs
#fossils
#blood
#soft tissue

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