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 ...
The journey from a living creature to a fossil is like winning the ultimate lottery. Out of the billions of organisms that have lived on Earth throughout its history, only a tiny fraction ever became preserved in stone, creating the incredible fossil record we study today. This remarkable transformation requires a perfect storm of conditions, ...
Picture this: a prehistoric time machine hidden beneath our feet, where creatures from millennia past lie perfectly preserved in nature’s own formaldehyde. Ancient swamps and bogs have become the ultimate keepers of secrets, maintaining incredible records of life that would otherwise vanish into dust. These waterlogged time capsules hold everything from human remains with visible ...
