2021.11.30

Prehistoric Puzzle

A new process helps unscramble chaotic dinosaur deposits

Fossilized jumbles of dinosaur bones (like this one, at a site on the border of Utah and Colorado) present challenges for paleontologists reconstructing individual animals. DEA, C. DANI, I. JESKE Getty Images

Fossilized jumbles of dinosaur bones (like this one, at a site on the border of Utah and Colorado) present challenges for paleontologists reconstructing individual animals. DEA, C. DANI, I. JESKE Getty Images

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