[jonno]

Unfortunately, there is another familiar (read: “bad”) habit here at FR - members shooting their foxholes mates assuming they are the enemy.

Yes, I had already read your snippet. However, having students come down to your lab to “take a look” is not the same as having the samples studied by another team of scientists.

Fwiw, I would be thrilled to have these samples proven to be relatively new.

[Agamemnon]

Are students not considered "others" - to quote the term you used? You instantly assumed that the samples were not made available for study by "others" (one expects the curious students are studying - no?)

If other scientists were curious enough to seek out his materials for their own study, they could start by reading his peer reviewed publication, and they could pick up the phone and make an appointment to see them just as easily as anyone else can - no?

If you are really curious yourself why don't you give him a call and see how available he is to show you his findings without first assuming he wouldn't be willing to show you what he has.

Discoveries like this are neither isolated nor are they new.

Scientists Find Soft Tissue in T-Rex Bone (AP 3/24/2005)

FReegards!