sanket jadhav What´s really sad is that so-called "scientists" continue to lie that amber is 99 000 000 years old - and gullible people like you believing it.
My entomology professor went to northern India a few years ago on an expedition and found that railway workers tunneling through rock uncovered an amber deposit. The workers didn’t know it’s valuable, only that it was flammable, and were burning it at night at the worksites for warmth. He bought two giant bags full of amber for a small amount of money, and has been polishing a d researching the assortment over the past years. Who knows what priceless specimens may have been burned before they could be studied?
They found a bird in amber from the cretaceous, birds like today existed but the most dominant bird clade of the time still had small teeth, looked just like modern birds though just had small teeth [like geese].
Bruh, a few of my professor’s that I got close with told me some crazy stories of all the shady shit they used to do while perusing they’re degree. I’m sure it’s non uncommon. You need that drug dealer mentality sometimes, haha
Amazing discoverys. I love Amber. I collect pieces, but I do not have anything as spectacular as those shown. I hope to someday find a beautiful center piece for my collection. Please continue to show the discoveries that you have found.
But specimens in amber are not fossils. I mean, a fossil is a stone replica of bone or tissue. The amber specimens are the original tissue. Am I right?
Imagine that they find a whole dino in amber with its tail and feathers and colour This will be so cool it will automatically tell us how it looked like
maybe, but only a very small species, juveniles of small dinosaur species. but really unlikely. Insects and small mammals or birds are the best candidates for getting permanently stuck in amber.
Amber forms from hardened tree resin. The forest was likely in a semi-aquatic environment, so resin rolling down the side of the trunk probably fell into the water, trapped the ammonite, got buried, and slowly polymerized over time to form amber.
Yup.. Atleast there needs to be attribution for the science to the source (Burma) in some way. Perhaps, establishing a Paleontology or Archaeological center in those regions, overseen by the govt., could be the first step. ( I wouldn't be surprised if CCP is funding the rebel & central groups to keep Burma unstable. It employs same tactics throughout its neighborhood )
Why has nobody ever tried cutting one of the insects out? Can’t find a video anywhere, would be nice to see the actual preservation of the physical body, weather it’s still soft etc,+ would just be cool to see something million’s of years old free of its tomb
Thank you for covering the horror of mining in Myanmar. Like conflict diamonds, conflict amber should not be purchased. I'm a scientist, but cannot condone scientists purchasing this.
I recently found a piece of amber with organic material in it and possibly and egg shell of some type not sure… any ideas on who I could contact for more info?
It never sees to amaze me how energy can’t be destroyed only transforms in this case it got trap in this beautiful Ambers.. as a result not only of minerals such as lot of gems 💎 . Cool 😎 appreciate the video !
This situation is way above me in my ignorance, but what about something like this: - Institutionalize it. Show a willingness to pay double the market value for the item, but the payment can only be received in the forms of infrastructure development, Healthcare for citizen, or the like. Could that justify it? Let's not forget the very, very dangerous working conditions the people operate in. Not only because it's an active war zone, but also since hundreds of people die each year due to tunnel collapses. When comparing concurring human suffer to the unique potential for a fuller future understanding of our world - the latter seems less important. And I would agree. But let's not forget the gravitas of preserving this knowledge, and the ethical responsibility that entails.
A wonderful world of discovered specimens already that otherwise never be observed. I find value in this scientific study but it's disturbing that there is a dark side. Leonardo Di Caprio.... Blood Amber?
Can you imagine if somewhere in say like china for example and miners dig up a new mine site and find a dinosaurs a full sized dinosaur encased in amber like a deinonychus or a T-Rex that would be the most ground breaking historical and Scientifical and priceless find in all of not just paleontology but history itself. Also imagine how much ancient tree sap (amber) would be needed to fully cover and encase a dinosaur like T-Rex sh*t we would need gallons and gallons and gallons of ancient tree sap to just incase it about enough to fill up a 13-20 foot swimming pool. But still just imagine it we wouldn’t need to use our imaginations anymore if we find a T-Rex incased in amber
I found a amber stone in my backyard in Seattle Washington that contains a caveman and a dinosaur arguing over something possibly another dead dinosaur.
@Titus See. It's those kinds of comebacks that make people not care about what you think. Have a nice life you yeast-infection. If that dog could talk it'd tell you to just shut the fuck up and leave it alone too.
1.43 'most countries have laws to keep fossils at their borders" A very simplistic statement and actually untrue. Most countries don't have exclusions on the export of fossils, just regulations.
4:13 Imagine if that’s not a horn but a fossilized fungus…an ant that’s been infected with ancient fungus cordyceps…has it changed since 20 million years ago? Lol
Does anyone know, how the flat lamps they used to enlight the ambers from below are called? I'd like to buy some, but I do not know, how to search after them.
Do you mean a light table? www.instructables.com/id/Under-30-Light-Table/ These days one would use a LED chain or indeed a flat bulb, like this one, but there are lots available: veritren.com/products/180-265v-energy-saving-e27-led-lamp-15w-35w-50w-smd-5730-flat-high-power-led-light-bulb-220v-e27-ufo-led-light-for-home-lighting/
But it is interesting that most amber fossils actually witness of flora and fauna quite similar to ours, like 100-million-year-old lizards that look just like lizards today. The same is the case with most of the insect fossils, their counter parts today are mostly surprisingly identical to them. Didn't they evolue at all during that time?
@@juliocasim4330 I don’t think there exists a satisfactory explanation for why exactly the animals well preserved in amber would have stopped to evolve, while others that had “burials” that did not preserve them well or at all for posterior studies would have continued to evolve. The only argument I have heard is “evolution happened, so it must be that way”, but that is just circular reasoning.
What he should do is bring someone with him and both will behave like they don't know each other, pick the stone he wants that he believes is desirable, walk away and get his friend to go back and buy it for him. Best way to do it if they are inflating the price just because he's buying it.
Also kabutops and that other shell one are based off prehistoric dinasours. And the ceacalanth fish or whatever is a Pokémon with a similar name. Theres a few
Yes those Burmese miners are PEOPLE who have rights, but if mining ceased, we would not have the ability to learn how the modern world came to be, or just understanding that most of these specimens are UNIQUE, and some are probably once in a lifetime. We need to come to a compromise. It is hard to come to one especially in Myanmar’s situation, but it can be done.
It is interesting that the amber fossils actually witness of flora and fauna quite similar to ours, like 100-million-year-old lizards that look just like lizards today. The same is the case with most of the insect fossils, their counter parts today are mostly surprisingly identical to them.
well yea, lizards are very old group of reptiles. if i remember correctly oldest species of lizards found are around 240 million years old same goes with insects, very old group. but the fossilized species are not around anymore today. today you still have lizards and insects, but they are different species, sure body plan is very similar because they same group of organisms that their ancestors were. but they are not same species
@@spatrk6634 “Different species” is defined as organisms the members of which are not able to interbreed with each other. There is no way to verify if fossilized insects or lizards or other animals with similar body plans as the now existing ones would be able to interbreed or not. So to say, they are different species is pure speculation.
@@s.unosson what if they dont want to interbreed because of physical differences? but could if forced? and why are those variations of lizards and insects now extinct?
@@spatrk6634 Epigenetics is the current best explanation to variations. So for example it is now known that the changes in the form and size of the beaks of the famous Galapagos finches is a result of epigenetic modifications; the changes are reversible fluctuations that take place in a time frame that takes only years, not thousand or millions of years. Since epigenetics does not change the DNA blueprint, it is not evolution in the Neo-Darwinian sense.
So amazing... and who designs these new microscopes? That’s just as impressive. Hoping science can continue with zeal that people including the miners recognizing the important of their own findings, not just the price they can sell an item of amber in this case, but the importance of finding new specimens that could help us even today with cures, understanding of our world and of course, bringing light to where we all came from. ( 💋 Leah )
@@larskullberg7292 Clearly life evolved from simple, single celled organisms into more complex and almost infinitely more varied ones. The idea that everything from jelly fish to humans was simply zapped into existence in their current form is ludicrous. Do you realise that 99% of creatures that ever existed on this planet are now extinct? We have the proof. You do not.
Why don't they just make a bulk deal with the miners. They can guaruntee that they will buy all the amber for a set price so the miners don't have to worry about selling it.
