4-Billion-Year-Old Fossil Protein Resurrected

First time accepted submitter Zoë Mintz writes "Researchers have 'resurrected' a 4-billion-year-old Precambrian protein and found they resembled those that existed when life began, proving that protein structures have the ability to remain constant over extended periods of time."

Comments

Re:Does anyone, and i mean ANYONE, question the ag

[Samantha Wright]

It's faintly possible that an absolutely essential component of cellular function suddenly worked its way into the genomes of every single organism on Earth one Tuesday afternoon, and that despite every indication of all copies being descendant from a single master source, they were simply made to look that way after the fact, and that the last universal common ancestor got along just merrily without it, despite it being much more logical that this one particular protein happened to be there alongside all the other ancient essential proteins we know and cherish... but that would require an incredibly petty and childish divine being, or one with terrible planning skills. Possibly the divine being that buries dinosaur bones to test the faith of His followers.

So, no; not really. Why do you ask?

Re: Alive

[Anonymous Coward]

Ever heard of weather being hellish, or the flight being a torture, a meal being an orgasm in the mouth, a person being an asspain or buttmad? Lauguage is strange thing, and as they say: time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.

Re:Alive

[fellip_nectar]

Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.