Ancient Proteins Unlock New Frontiers in Evolutionary Research
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Scientists have successfully extracted ancient proteins from a 24 million-year-old rhino fossil, demonstrating the potential of paleoproteomics to study fossils beyond the reach of ancient DNA, and suggesting that retrieving proteins from dinosaur fossils might be possible in the future.
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- Scientists recover proteins from a 24 million-year-old rhino fossil. Are dinosaurs next? CNN
- Eighteen million years of diverse enamel proteomes from the East African Rift Nature
- Ancient proteins could transform palaeontology The Economist
- Ancient proteins found in fossils up to 24 million years old Reuters
- Ancient Rhino tooth helps push the boundaries of evolutionary research University of York
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