Monday, 28 May 2012

Prehistoric stuff from the week 21-27/5/12

The melanin-containing pigment in squid ink has not changed in 180 million years!
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-squid-ink-jurassic-period-identical.html

Thought T-Rex's arms were titchy? These guys had stumps!
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-dinosaur-tiny-arms-unearthed-argentina.html

Evidence has been found that indicates icthyosaurs (ancient not-dinosaurs) suffered from 'the bends' (where bubbles of nitrogen form in the blood after rising too quickly in the water)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428665.200-dino-dolphins-suffered-from-the-bends.html

Europe's oldest musical instruments are 40,000 years old! They were discovered in the region that is now southern Germany
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-earliest-musical-instruments-europe-years.html

A piece exploring the developmental similarity of dinosaurs and their avian relatives' skulls
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-developmental-crucial-evolutionary-shift-dinosaurs.html

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