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The Dinosaur That Made Scientists Say, “Wait, What?”

Picture this: A paleontologist in North Carolina breaks open what should be solid rock from a 68-million-year-old dinosaur bone. Instead of finding the expected stone-like fossil, she discovers something that stretches and bends like fresh tissue. According to new research, iron in the dinosaur’s body preserved the tissue before it could decay. “What we found ...