[dinosaur] Anchiornis muscles revealed with lasers

Subject: [dinosaur] Anchiornis muscles revealed with lasers

From: Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 10:30:02 -0800

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The actual paper has not been posted online yet, but here are some news items on a new study of Anchiornis soft tissue using lasers:

https://phys.org/news/2017-02-lasers-flesh-dino-bird-profile.html

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2074841/new-look-fossils-northern-china-may-show-evolution

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/02/anchiornis-bird-like-dinosaur-feathers-lasers-soft-tissue-science/

http://gizmodo.com/this-laser-reconstruction-of-a-four-winged-dinosaur-is-1792800473

Video

HKU Earth Scientist Reconstructs Feathered Dinosaurs in the Flesh with High Power Lasers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IfoZ9yw6EE