Dr. Russell Vreeland
Ancient Biomaterials Institute
and Department of Biology
West Chester University
West Chester PA, 19383-2112
Phone: 610-436-2479
Fax: 610-436-2183 rvreeland@wcupa.edu
Soft, elastic tissue found in bone fragments of a T-Rex fossil by
Dr. Mary Higby-Schweitzer
of North Carolina State University. This image shows two small bone fragments bottom left and center right.
The tissue is stretched between the fragments (arrow).
Common representation of a Pleistocene age Wooly Mammoth. DNA from frozen mammoths has been sequenced by
researchers led by Dr. Stephan Schuster
from Penn State University. This research has shown that wooly mammoths were closely related to modern elephants.
Other examples of ancient biomaterials.
Ancient biomaterials available now
Their date of discovery and their age are indicated on each photo.
