Researchers confirm original blood vessels in 80 million-year-old fossil

Anomalism · Dec 1, 2015

Researchers from North Carolina State University have confirmed that blood vessel-like structures found in an 80 million-year-old hadrosaur fossil are original to the animal, and not biofilm or other contaminants. Their findings add to the growing body of evidence that structures like blood vessels and cells can persist over millions of years, and the data not only confirm earlier reports of protein sequences in dinosaurs, they represent a significant advance in methodology.

Paleocon · Dec 3, 2015

Anomalism said:
Researchers confirm original blood vessels in 80 million-year-old fossil

Of course, it is simply forbidden to question the premise that the fossil is in fact millions of years old.

Tim the plumber · Dec 3, 2015

Paleocon said:
Of course, it is simply forbidden to question the premise that the fossil is in fact millions of years old.

No it is encoraged. But it is out of order to shut your mind to the evidence.

Paleocon · Dec 3, 2015

Tim the plumber said:
No it is encoraged. But it is out of order to shut your mind to the evidence.

I'm not aware of the solid evidential basis for declaring it to be millions of years old.

Tim the plumber · Dec 3, 2015

Paleocon said:
I'm not aware of the solid evidential basis for declaring it to be millions of years old.

If you wish to start a thread about the age of the world I will gladly post theere but I will not derail this one.

Paleocon · Dec 3, 2015

Tim the plumber said:
If you wish to start a thread about the age of the world I will gladly post theere but I will not derail this one.

I haven't said anything about the age of the world, all I've mentioned is the age of this fossil, which is entirely germane to the topic.