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Fossil Feathers


Roz

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Great story; thanks!

This kind of torpedoes the well respected and oft repeated theory that feathers are frequently fossilized as a carbonized film (rather than mere impressions) due to the presence of "bacteria". I never thought that such an exotic explanation was necessary. Looks like the melanin cells were misinterpreted as bacteria, and the researchers went looking for a phenomena to explain.

"There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

>Paleontology is an evolving science.

>May your wonders never cease!

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