15-million-year-old Mollusk Protein Found

Friday, February 6, 2015 - 13:10 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A team of US scientists have found "beautifully preserved" 15 million-year-old thin protein sheets in fossil shells from southern Maryland. Their findings are published in the inaugural issue of Geochemical Perspectives Letters, the new peer-reviewed journal of the European Association of Geochemistry. read more

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