Fossilized dinosaur brain found in England?
A British paleontologist from the University of Cambridge's Department of Earth, Dr. David Norman works with a team of international researchers who worked on and analyzed the fossil of the Dino's brain found by an amateur fossil hunter by the name of Jamie Hiscocks. Dr Norman believed that finding the cause of the Dino's death would be the key in finding how it was preserved. "Of course, dinosaurs have brains. But the discovery is amazing, in itself, because of the rarity of preserving soft-tissue in terrain animals because they decay so quickly," said Dr. Norman to CNN. Dr Norman believes the brain was preserved because of the swamp-like environment's low oxygen levels, where the Dino died, that mixed with acidity which is known to slow decay and preserve soft tissue.
This truly is an amazing discovery being the first fossilized Dino brain.
Sources: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/10/28/health/fossil-brain-cambridge-trnd/index.html?client=safari
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