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Heme found in 115m-year-old dinosaur bone

Chemical tests on Aratasaurus bone found heme, which carries oxygen in blood.

Why it matters

It may show soft-tissue molecules survive far longer than thought.

Background

Fossils rarely preserve organic material.

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