Amber Specimen Potentially Dishes Dinosaur Dietary Details

Scientists from the Oregon State University who studied a 100-million-year-old amber specimen from Myanmar believe they have identified “spikelet-grass in its flowering state - and a cluster of fossilized ergot, a major ingredient in LSD.” While their conclusions are intriguing and have implications for the plant and fungi evolutionary trees, some challenge the methods used. Since amber specimens can be unique, scientists use noninvasive methods, and some argue these tests result in less rigorous conclusions.

Find out if this amber specimen means dinosaurs were potentially dining on hallucinogens and grass in the June Issue of EARTH Magazine.