X-raying of fossil beetles

(Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) ) The layman considers fossil beetles just stones. Even experts were able to describe the shape of the millimeter-sized fossils only. Using the ANKA-synchrotron-radiation-source of KIT, 30 million year' old beetles have now been examined. The inner anatomy was imaged in such detail that the family tree could be analyzed. The results are published in the journal eLife. Hence, latest imaging methods can provide access to the enormous store of knowled