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4-Billion-Year-Old Fossil Protein Resurrected

Posted by samzenpus on from the back-in-the-day dept.

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."

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  1. Re: Alive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  2. Re:Alive by fellip_nectar · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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