
30,000 Year Old Fossil: 30,000 year old vulture that reveals completely new type of fossilisation
This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only. A surprising discovery in the feathers of a fossil vulture from central Italy has revealed that volcanic deposits can preserve delicate tissue structures in unprecedented detail, offering new insights into the fossilisation process. In 1889 in the foothills of Mount Tuscolo, 25km south-east of Rome,…