A MOST PERSONAL FOSSIL: WHAT ANCIENT POO TELLS US ABOUT PREHISTORIC LIFE

Coprolites: Fossil PoopNot every fossil enters the scientific record wrapped in dignity.Some emerge from the rock with elegant ribs, formidable teeth or shells spiralled like mathematical poetry. Others are, quite unmistakably, ancient poo.These geological indiscretions are known as coprolites—fossilized droppings left behind by animals that lived thousands or even millions of years ago. They may