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Traces of dinosaur blood found for the 1st time?
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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
- #paleontology
- #dinosaurs
- #fossils
- #blood
- #soft tissue
Within this fossil is the first direct molecular evidence of compounds from dinosaur blood preserved within structures that look like red blood cells. Image via Curtin University/ The Conversation . Scientists found the first direct molecular evidence of dinosaur blood in a…
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Science News reports imaging and chemical analysis of a 115-million-year-old dinosaur fossil pointing to blood cells
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Traces of dinosaur blood found for the 1st time?
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This may be the best evidence yet that dinosaur blood can fossilize
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“Astonishing” Find: Fossilized Dinosaur Blood in a 115-Million-Year-Old Specimen