12 lizards found trapped in amber for 99 million years

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12 lizards found trapped in amber for 99 million years
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+ QueenTD	Mar 8 2016, 02:37 AM Post #1
My Dear Melancholy, Posts: 4,480 Group: Elite Member Member #11,589 Joined: August 8, 2014 Gender Female Country United States	Quote: Menu Share The Christian Science Monitor SCIENCE These 12 lizards were trapped in amber for 99 million years (+video) Amber fossils in Myanmar give scientists a snapshot of lizard evolution. By Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Staff writer / March 5, 2016 Save for later A lizard preserved in amber from Myanmar forests. Courtesy of David Grimaldi About these ads Some 99 million years ago, 12 unsuspecting lizards stepped or fell into sticky tree resin and couldn't tear themselves loose in the forests of what is now Myanmar. Over time that resin fossilized into amber, preserving the little lizards for scientists to study later. Now, researchers are looking to these prehistoric golden chunks to better understand how lizards have evolved. There was a diverse population of lizards living in the region at the time, the scientists report in a paper published Friday in the journal Science Advances. And they ran the gamut, with some quite similar to modern lizards – like geckos, wall lizards, and dragon lizards – and others like nothing known today. http://m.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0305/These-12-lizards-were-trapped-in-amber-for-99-million-years-video This is dope....
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+ Steve	Mar 8 2016, 02:47 AM Post #2
Greetings. I will be your waifu this season. Posts: 19,471 Group: Legend Member #5,710 Joined: February 7, 2011 Gender Male Country United Kingdom Favourite Anime Hunter x Hunter(2011) What Browser do you use? Mozilla Firefox Favourite Manga Berserk all day erry day	Makes me wonder what kind of mad stuff could be frozen in the ocean somewhere. Maybe we'll find a well preserved Megalodon some day? That would be awesome. It's fascinating how amber, such a simple substance, can give us such a good look in to the past. I find things encased in it more interesting than practically any shiny rock out there.
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Darker	Mar 8 2016, 04:48 PM Post #3
The Lord of the Dark Posts: 15,358 Group: Member Member #11,968 Joined: January 7, 2015 Gender Male Country Spain	Steve Mar 8 2016, 02:47 AM Maybe we'll find a well preserved Megalodon some day? That would be awesome. ON ICE? I highly doubt that would happen. The only thing we have of Megalodon are its teeth, since sharks don't have skeletons.
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~~Helvius Pertinax Augustus~~	Mar 9 2016, 07:40 PM Post #4
What will you do when you get old? Posts: 1,096 Group: Suspended Member #12,915 Joined: February 8, 2016 Gender Not Specified Country United States Favourite Anime Don't actually watch anime What Browser do you use? Internet Explorer Favourite Manga Don't read manga	Considering the polar icecaps have melted and refrozen 20 times over in the past 40 million years I highly doubt it. I'm also not sure how well cartilage preserves, which based upon human remains I'd wager not very well.



+ Pointer	Mar 9 2016, 07:46 PM Post #5
... Posts: 7,062 Group: Elite Member Member #8,812 Joined: January 5, 2013 Gender Male	and amber can survive for 90 million years old. And the Earth is round because it twist that fast so that the wind formed the sphere form I dont believe in this.... 90 mil is too much.



Darker	Mar 9 2016, 07:51 PM Post #6
The Lord of the Dark Posts: 15,358 Group: Member Member #11,968 Joined: January 7, 2015 Gender Male Country Spain	This is quite the spectacle because usually DNA doesn't survive for more than a million years.
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