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Implications Beyond Paleontology

The Truth About Soft Tissue in Dinosaur Fossils – And Why It’s Not DNA

When Mary Schweitzer first announced in 2005 that she had found soft tissue inside a 68-million-year-old T. rex bone, the scientific world erupted into controversy. This discovery seemed to contradict everything we knew about fossilization and the preservation of ancient organic material. Yet nearly two decades later, these findings have not only held up to ...