Dinosaur blood—oldest discovery rewrites what fossils can reveal about the past

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An international research team led by Curtin University has for the first time uncovered unequivocal evidence of fossilized red blood cells and amino acids of collagen, reshaping our understanding of fossil preservation and molecular longevity in deep time.
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