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Amber is a beautiful, shiny, yellow stone, Swhich has been used
to make jewelry since ancient times. It is made of a substance called
resin that comes from trees and has hardencd over millions of years
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In the 19th century. people began to (
SO, they found that amber often contains fossils the remains ot
ancient plants and animals. However, unlike normal fossils, which aie
hard and usually found in rock, amber is able to rescrve soft
materials, too.
Millions of years ago, leaves, insects, a
ometimes got trapped in resin. After the resip
bject inside would be protected as a fos
bjects, scientists are able to study the ble
ogs, and lizards that are now extinct. (
uch as feathers and hair, are preserved
means that the colors and shapes of th
Dserved in the fossils.
In 2015, Lida Xing, a Chinese scid
nall, 99-million-year-old dinosaur in am
- bone structure, were kept in perfect co
iced that the tail had feathers. This anim
fop of the tail and lighter feathers unde
|size of these, Xing believes that thi
cad, its feathers were for warmth and d
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