WASHINGTON: Soft tissue and blood from dinosaurs have been found in fossils for the first time ever by paleontologists. The specimens were recovered from the remains of dinosaurs who lived 75 million years ago.
Red blood cells with some of the original components from the ancient animal were found within the fossils. However, no genetic material from the long-extinct animal was recovered from the artifacts, so scientists are unable to breed a new generation of living dinosaurs from DNA, as seen in Jurassic Park.
The fossils used in the study were in such poor condition that the Natural History Museum in London who owned the artifacts allowed the research team to break pieces off eight of the samples. When the team broke into these fossils, thought to be of little interest to palentologists, they discovered fossilized red blood cells and collagen (a main component of connective tissues) among the specimens. The blood cell fossils were discovered within a fossilized claw of a theropod, a group of dinosaurs which include velociraptors and Tyrannosaurus rex.
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