There have been multiple accounts created with the sole purpose of posting advertisement posts or replies containing unsolicited advertising.

Accounts which solely post advertisements, or persistently post them may be terminated.

cashmaggot ,

Someone can probably fill me in here. There are always so many wondrous finds coming out of China. I think I once heard why, but I can't exactly remember why. Is it because of the exposed striations in sandstone faults x difficulty to develop in the desert x lack of humidity x overall mass of area that has given rise to this? I am pretty sure someone can give me a clearer picture here somewhere between a paleontologist or a geologist.

Phen ,

Just last month I was thinking about asking somewhere if there was any chance we could ever find more than the usual stuff or if there would be no way for a perfect preservation to happen naturally. Guess I have my answer now.

cashmaggot ,

Coprolites for all!

protist ,

Here’s a much better source for this than Popular Mechanics.

AmidFuror ,

Oddly enough, that source doesn't imply soft tissues were preserved. They can tell some things about its brain and guts based on outlines left behind. And also from what they know of other arthropod fossils from the same era - undercutting the uniqueness.

This one is special because it isn't smushed flat like most fossils in this deposit.

cashmaggot ,

Ty for this by the by =) I see it's teeny-tiny, and that it's not so much that the soft tissue was found, but that the outline of its internal organs were left on record from lack of compression. I'm not sure how that happened, let alone how someone found such a small thing.

barnaclebutt ,

Yes, the title is complete BS. The half life of DNA alone is ~500 years.

DarkDecay OP ,

Hey thanks. Didn’t notice that article about this. It’s much better

downpunxx ,

well, it sure wasn't a republican

recursive_recursion ,
@recursive_recursion@programming.dev avatar

it’s a worm larva btw

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • [email protected]
  • random
  • lifeLocal
  • goranko
  • All magazines
    •