These Dinosaur Bones Have a Little Meat On Them

Organic matter decomposes and sediment takes its place during the fossilization process, turning bones to rock. Soft tissue and proteins do not stick around. But in at least one 195-million-year-old dinosaur rib bone, some ancient bits of collagen protein found a way.

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Source: Gizmodo – These Dinosaur Bones Have a Little Meat On Them