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Originally posted by Mister Pamboli:
from this week's New Scientist ...
The first complete sequencing of protein from a fossil bone suggests that proteins can survive for millions of years - long enough to probe the evolution of many extinct species, including the ancestors of modern humans.
Fossil protein breakthrough will probe evolution
News articles and features | New Scientist
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Hi MP,
Lowenstein (and others) have been working towards this for a while..for example...
Borja C, Garcia-Pacheco M, Olivares EG, Scheuenstuhl G, Lowenstein JM. Related Articles, Links
Immunospecificity of albumin detected in 1.6 million-year-old fossils from Venta Micena in Orce, Granada, Spain.
Am J Phys Anthropol. 1997 Aug;103(4):433-41.
Cheers,
M
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