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Finding bugs in dino doo-doo News

by David Shaw, 15 July 2021 | 0 comments

Illustration of a close up dinosaur face.

You might have seen pictures of insects trapped in amber. Millions of years ago, that amber was sticky, goopy, tree resin. But resin isn’t the only sticky stuff that can preserve ancient insects. Scientists have found insects preserved in a coprolite – fossilised poo!

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