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Eyes of Dead Spiders are Still Shining after 110 Million Years

By Muneeb | March 5, 2019

Researchers found brand new fossils of spiders in the Jinju Formation whose eyes are still shining 110 million years after their death. It is incredibly difficult to explore ancient spiders because they are soft and don’t fossilize as easily as exoskeletons. That’s the reason why the scientists involved in this research were extremely fascinated upon…

Fossilized Baby Bird from time of Dinosaurs found in Amber

By Absolute Knowledge | June 10, 2017

It is 99-million-year-old and it’s the best preserved of its kind Kristin Romey, a staff writer covering archaeology and paleontology for National Geographic, affirms the remains of a baby bird has been discovered in a specimen of 99-milion-year-old amber. According to scientists from Gondwana Research, the hatchling belonged to a major group of birds known as…