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Verdict Given on T.rex 'Blood' Discovery.

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  • 30-07-2009 10:05pm
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    Galvasean
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    While it's not blood in it's complete form, it is apparently bits of it, so to speak.
    'The identified peptides seem consistent with a sample containing old, quite possibly very ancient, bird-like bone, contaminated with only fairly explicable proteins. Haemoglobin and collagen are plausible proteins to find in fossil bone, because they are two of the most abundant proteins in bone and bone marrow

    Still a long way off Jurassic Park mind you.

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