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In the 90-odd years since it was discovered, we've never found anything like an ancient, early Permian fossil discovered in the Italian Alps.Even more excitingly, its preservation was exceptional: an imprint of the animal's body outlined in preserved soft tissue.
"At first glance I must say I thought the fossil was looking a bit… peculiar," Rossi tells ScienceAlert. They compared their results against a number of materials. The sample was consistent, not with organic material, but a manufactured bone black pigment
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