Blood vessels recovered from T. rex bone

[LinkinJunior]

Palaeontologists have extracted soft, flexible structures that appear to be blood vessels from the bone of a Tyrannosaurus rex that died 68 million years ago. They also have found small red microstructures that resemble red blood cells.

The discovery suggests biological information can be recovered from a wider range of fossil material than realised, which would greatly help the tracing of evolutionary relationships.

The preservation found by the researchers is extraordinary - far better than traditionally expected in dinosaur bone. But that may be because researchers have not been looking hard enough at their finds. Mary Schweitzer at North Carolina State University, US, has also extracted similar soft structures from a few other dinosaur bones.

wow

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http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=...line-news_rss20 (http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7195&feedId=online-news_rss20)

[Jila]

thats craziness. they shouldve tried to find that out earlier. maybe theyll make live replicas :lol:

[Mechanical Christ]

Originally posted by PyRoMaNiaK@Mar 25 2005, 08:54 AM
thats craziness. they shouldve tried to find that out earlier. maybe theyll make live replicas :lol:
You'd think Jurassic Park would be a lesson enough to teach them not to do that.

[+ / –]

Originally posted by 0mega+Mar 25 2005, 03:30 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (0mega @ Mar 25 2005, 03:30 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--PyRoMaNiaK@Mar 25 2005, 08:54 AM
thats craziness. they shouldve tried to find that out earlier. maybe theyll make live replicas :lol:
You&#39;d think Jurassic Park would be a lesson enough to teach them not to do that. [/b][/quote]
Nope.

[hYbr1d_tH30rY_723]

Hasnt Jurassic Park taught them a lesson .... well here we go again ;)

[Matt]

Originally posted by 0mega+Mar 25 2005, 01:30 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (0mega @ Mar 25 2005, 01:30 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--PyRoMaNiaK@Mar 25 2005, 08:54 AM
thats craziness. they shouldve tried to find that out earlier. maybe theyll make live replicas :lol:
You&#39;d think Jurassic Park would be a lesson enough to teach them not to do that. [/b][/quote]
It&#39;s America, anything can happen. Not always good things, though...




Call me crazy, but I&#39;ve had at least three dreams about dinosaurs running around my city... :mellow:














I&#39;m either crazy or psychic, but like I said, I&#39;m in America, so God knows what&#39;s in the air infecting my brain.

[goso88]

Call me crazy, but I&#39;ve had at least three dreams about dinosaurs running around my city...

Lmao&#33; Same here&#33;

[RX8LP]

Originally posted by hYbr1d_tH30rY_723@Mar 25 2005, 02:31 PM
Hasnt Jurassic Park taught them a lesson .... well here we go again ;)
taught who a lesson?

jurassic park was just a movie. Now its time for america to try it in real life. ;)

[NickelNine]

id pay to see live dinosaurs i dont what y&#39;all are talking about.. and jurassic park was a great movie.. it is an american classic..

[Jila]

maybe they should just bring the little dinosaurs back to life. or the non-carnivorous ones :lol:

[Weezy]

Just hope they don&#39;t make that small, spitting dinosaur. You know, the one that killed the fat guy in Jurassic Park. :lol:

[Mechanical Christ]

Originally posted by Weezy@Mar 26 2005, 10:21 AM
Just hope they don&#39;t make that small, spitting dinosaur. You know, the one that killed the fat guy in Jurassic Park. :lol:
Oh man. That little psycho one.

[LinkinJunior]

I can see it now, "Dinos R Us". All the dinos you can own, at 5 feet tall.

[Evan™]

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