Fossils and FEA.

The article reports that a group of scientists from the University of Bristol, Bristol, England, have turned to the method to help analyze structure and stress within extinct animals. It states that paleontologists use an engineering technology to explore animal evolution and see how extinct animals behaved. It states that finite element analysis (FEA) used in studying the evolution of animals, including dinosaurs, dates to around five years ago. According to professor Michael Fagan, FEA is now routinely used to interpret skeletal forms for function in both medical and biological applications.