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RE: Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Eggs Discovered in China’s Hubei Province

in #science16 days ago

What do you mean with "in perfect condition"? I would understand as "perfect" that you can e.g. extract a 100% complete set of DNA. I can´t imagine that is possible after 70mio years.

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It means that their original shapes have remained almost intact over time. This is very rare, as fossils often become deformed or shattered due to geological forces over the millennia.