Amber: Window to the PastThis is a comprehensive study of the various roles and uses of amber, in nature as well as art. The fossilized tree resin has not only inspired elaborate workmanship and long been used in jewelry and other decorative objects, but is also highly valued by natural scientists because it frequently encapsulates flora and fauna from other periods of evolution. |
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... amber is not exactly fossilized . We often think of fossils as being the remains of extinct organisms , like dinosaur bones , and impressions of ferns , leaves , and insect wings in rocks . Unlike these kinds of fossils , which are ...
... amber is not exactly fossilized . We often think of fossils as being the remains of extinct organisms , like dinosaur bones , and impressions of ferns , leaves , and insect wings in rocks . Unlike these kinds of fossils , which are ...
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... Fossils in amber did a great deal to revolutionize the study of ancient DNA . After 1982 , when high - magnification , electron - microscopic study of tissue in an amber fossil revealed new detail , scientists began thinking about the ...
... Fossils in amber did a great deal to revolutionize the study of ancient DNA . After 1982 , when high - magnification , electron - microscopic study of tissue in an amber fossil revealed new detail , scientists began thinking about the ...
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... Amber Fossils . " American Museum Novitates 3097 ( 1994 ) : 31 pp . Grimaldi , David A. , Alexander Shedrin- ksy , Andrew Ross , and Norbert S. Baer . " Forgeries of Fossils in ' Amber ' : History , Identification , and Case Studies ...
... Amber Fossils . " American Museum Novitates 3097 ( 1994 ) : 31 pp . Grimaldi , David A. , Alexander Shedrin- ksy , Andrew Ross , and Norbert S. Baer . " Forgeries of Fossils in ' Amber ' : History , Identification , and Case Studies ...
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments | 8 |
Deposits of the World | 21 |
Frozen in the Act | 79 |
Copyright | |
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