Researchers discover astonishingly intact, 48-million-year-old bird fats in fossilized gland
A new discovery at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Messel Pit in Germany is making waves through the paleontological community. An international team of researchers has unearthed a 48-million-year bird preening gland, complete with the fatty substances it secreted. To date, these are the oldest lipids ever recovered from a vertebrate. The fossil bird specimen.…
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