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400,000 year old DNA?

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Funkaloyd
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07-18-2006 10:24 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/...afp/swedenspainscience_060714171218
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Nearly half a million years. I don't know much about chemistry or biology, but what I do know tells me that this can't be true. Did someone jump the gun and go to the press early, or could this be for real?
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07-18-2006 10:29 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Funkaloyd
07-18-2006 10:24 AM

I don't know much about chemistry or biology, but what I do know tells me that this can't be true.
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what, earth too young for that?
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07-18-2006 11:12 AM 		Reply to: Message 2 by arachnophilia
07-18-2006 10:29 AM

It just seems more likely that there's been a dating error or something. Unless they also found carbonite in the cave.
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But what do I know.
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The above link isn't working for me just now, here's another one:
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07-18-2006 3:41 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Funkaloyd
07-18-2006 10:24 AM

The inside of a tooth is a pretty good spot to stash away something you want to preserve - and Atapuerca has yielded a lot of fossils, which suggests that the site itself has above-average preservation. I'd like to see the published paper, though, to read about how well preserved the DNA they found really is.
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