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Scientists Astonished to Find 30,000-Yr-Old Griffon Vulture Feathers Preserved in Ash of Erupting Volcano

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A 30,000-year-old griffon vulture fossil was discovered in the Colli Albani volcanic complex near Rome in 1889 .

Scientists have revealed that the bird’s remains were carefully preserved in a mineral called zeolite, which formed as volcanic ash interacted with water.

This was the first ever recorded instance of fossilized feathers being preserved like this in volcanic ash.

This level of preservation is almost unheard of in fossils buried in volcanic rock.

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