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So, when does biding start on the first bowl of T-Rex soup?

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The find may potentially change field practices, perhaps by encouraging more scientists to reserve parts of fossils for cellular and molecular testing.

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Smells like an April Fool :-)

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Because if this is true Tyrannosaur tissue, it means it has remained in tact for at least 65 million years.

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Because if this is true Tyrannosaur tissue, it means it has remained in tact for at least 65 million years.

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Or maybe, just maybe, it's death was more recent.

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Because if this is true Tyrannosaur tissue, it means it has remained in tact for at least 65 million years.

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Or maybe, just maybe, it's death was more recent.

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John R. Horner of the Museum of the Rockies at Montana State University, said the discovery is "a fantastic specimen," but probably is not unique. Other researchers might find similarly preserved soft tissues if they split open the bones in their collections, said Horner, a co-author of the paper.

Most museums, he said, prefer to keep their specimens intact.

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Ah yes, a product of viewing the Flintstones as something based in reality ? No, T.Rex didn't die out all that recently. Man has never seen a living T.Rex,if that's what you're hinting at.

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Ah yes, a product of viewing the Flintstones as something based in reality ? No, T.Rex didn't die out all that recently. Man has never seen a living T.Rex,if that's what you're hinting at.

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I wasn't hinting at dinosaurs mingling with people (though ancient stories of dragons are common in almost every culture), I was just speculating that if 65 million year old tissue is so unheard of, perhaps it isn't exactly that old. I know, I know, scientific heresy. Maybe most dinosaurs did die when scientists say they did, but perhaps some escaped the mass extinction and died out at a later date?

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So, when does biding start on the first bowl of T-Rex soup?

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As soon as you can track down a live T-Rex.

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For three years scientists from the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, excavated the T. rex from sandstone at the base of the nearby Hell Creek formation.

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I wasn't hinting at dinosaurs mingling with people (though ancient stories of dragons are common in almost every culture), I was just speculating that if 65 million year old tissue is so unheard of, perhaps it isn't exactly that old. I know, I know, scientific heresy. Maybe most dinosaurs did die when scientists say they did, but perhaps some escaped the mass extinction and died out at a later date?

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It's not necessarily heresey, but they probably have a good idea on the fossil's age based on the age of the rock formation where it was found. BTW "The Dinosaur Heresies" by Richard Bakker is a good read.