Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Ancient Cockroach Relative Revealed in 3D

"... The researchers created their images using a CT scanning device, based at the Natural History Museum in London, which enabled them to take 3142 x-rays of the fossil and compile the images into an accurate 3-D model, creating a 'virtual fossil' of the creature, using specially designed computer software. The scientists used the models to visualize the Archimylacris eggintoni's legs, antennae, mouth parts and body, which had never been seen by human eyes before. ..."



source: http://www.livescience.com/animals/ancient-cockroach-relative-100413.html

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