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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Paleontologists are eager to extract biological data from the remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex discovered in Montana while creationists are heralding the discovery as further evidence that the earth is just a few thousand years old rather than millions.
In an article published March 25 in the journal "Science," a research team revealed that a dinosaur bone discovered in 2003 yielded soft tissues, including blood vessels and possibly cells that "retain some of their original flexibility, elasticity and resilience," according to The New York Times.
Scientists found the tissue when the thigh bone they were excavating was too long to fit in a helicopter and had to be broken in two pieces. They then realized fossilization was not complete and could possibly lead to understanding more about the mysterious creatures.
A creationist group based in northern Kentucky, Answers in Genesis, responded to the discovery by declaring that it offers "immensely powerful support to the idea that dinosaur fossils are not millions of years old at all, but were mostly fossilized under catastrophic conditions a few thousand years ago at most." Evolutionists believe dinosaurs were made extinct 65 to 70 million years ago ...
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