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Colors of ancient life forms

X-ray imaging at synchrotrons has given scientists the chemical evidence needed to discover the actual colors of ancient life forms.

By detecting minute traces of original pigments in fossils, X-ray imaging at synchrotrons has given scientists the chemical evidence needed to discover the actual colors of ancient life forms. 

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Presented by Nick Edwards. Until recently, the colors of ancient life forms existed only in our imaginations.

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