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October 4th, 2010, 10:59 AM
Study claims dinosaurs were taller than thought
Published: October 3, 2010
For more than a century, paleontologists couldn't get dinosaur bones to fit together. Now they know why. Something was missing: cartilage.
It turns out dinosaurs had a lot more cartilage separating bones than scientists had imagined, according to researchers from the University of Missouri and Ohio University. So much cartilage that in some cases it added 10 percent to the height of these massive creatures.
Read more: http://newsok.com/study-claims-dinosaurs-were-taller-than-thought/article/3500854#ixzz11PEkdxaP
Published: October 3, 2010
For more than a century, paleontologists couldn't get dinosaur bones to fit together. Now they know why. Something was missing: cartilage.
It turns out dinosaurs had a lot more cartilage separating bones than scientists had imagined, according to researchers from the University of Missouri and Ohio University. So much cartilage that in some cases it added 10 percent to the height of these massive creatures.
Read more: http://newsok.com/study-claims-dinosaurs-were-taller-than-thought/article/3500854#ixzz11PEkdxaP