reply to post by Watcher-In-The-Shadows
I tried to imagine that, I did, but seriously we are talking millions of years. Its hard for me to imagine that.
Is this true? Maybe a link to some info would help.
Current theories about fossil preservation hold that organic molecules should not preserve beyond 100,000 years. Schweitzer hopes that further research will reveal exactly what the soft structures isolated from these bones are made of. Do they consist of the original cells, and if so, do the cells still contain genetic information? Her early studies of the material suggest that at least some fragments of the dinosaurs' original molecular material may still be present.