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Incredible Amber Fossils Reveal the True Colours of Ancient Insects
Fossils rarely retain evidence of an organism’s original colour, but these 99-million-year-old amber fossils found in Myanmar are revealing the vibrant hues of another world.
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99-Million-Year-Old Amber Surprisingly Contains Sea Creatures
An incredible 99-million-year-old chunk of amber contains several trapped marine gastropods, including an extinct ammonite, according to a new paper.
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Meet Jason, The Tiny Beetle Stuck In Amber For 99 Million Years
Featherwing beetles are some of the smallest insects out there – and one researcher managed to spot an ancient specimen in a 99-million-year-old chunk of amber. Just half a millimetre long, this Cretaceous period beetle had its signature fringed wings unfurled when it met its sticky demise.
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This New Amber Discovery Is Like The Start Of Jurassic Park But With Ancient Monkeys
A tick sucks some monkey blood. A monkey’s grooming partner picks the tick off. The tick lands in some sap. The whole thing fossilises. Scientists discover the cells inside the tick in the amber. They turn the blood cells into monkey clones, and you essentially have some sort of Jurassic Park in real life.