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Post by Lmpkio on Feb 6, 2014 23:50:29 GMT
Got it from Huffington Post: 'Chinese Pompeii' Mystery Solved, As Scientists Say Volcanic Ash Fossilized Animals In Death Poses
'Scientists have long marveled at the immaculately preserved fossils unearthed from ancient lake sediments in northeastern China. The former creatures—including fish, birds, small dinosaurs, and mammals—still sport the outlines of muscles, skin, and feathers thanks to the fine-grained volcanic ash that blanketed the carcasses and then hardened into rock. Now, new analyses of the remains show that the material that entombed the animals also killed them, overwhelming them in a hot cloud of ash akin to the one that destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii nearly 2000 years ago.' A Chinese Prehistoric Pompei? Oh hell! Read more on the link above!
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