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Bones Of Contention: Dinosaur Cells Survived Millions Of Years Trapped In Bone
Science 2.0 ^ | Mary Schwietzer

Posted on 08/15/2015 8:58:12 AM PDT by JimSEA

Twenty years ago Mary Schweitzer found herself the closest that anyone has ever been to a living dinosaur. As she examined a thin slice of a T. Rex bone fragment under a microscope, she realized she was looking at what appeared to be preserved red blood cells- cells which had no place in a 65 million year old fossil. It was the first time that anyone had found evidence that biological material could survive the passage of millions of years and still retain its molecular structure, challenging one of the central beliefs of paleontologists. Proving that what she was seeing had in fact once been dinosaur cells was a tall order, however, and one so outrageous at the time that it was met with considerable hostility from her peers. When Schweitzer first claimed to have found red blood cells in a T. Rex leg bone in 1993, her findings were dismissed by most scientists because it seemed improbable- not to mention downright impossible- that red blood cells could have survived in a 65 million year old bone. Schweitzer recieved her Ph.D. for her work on proving that the cells had originated from once-living dinosaur cells. The controversy was renewed in 2005 when Schweitzer reported finding collagen, a tough, elastic structural protein, in fossilized bones. Since then Schweitzer has found evidence of blood vessels, feather fibers, and osteocytes (specialized bone cells) associated with fossilized dinosaur bones.


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: biology; dinosaurs; godsgravesglyphs; jurassicpark; maryschweitzer; paleontology
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To: ETL

There’s a tooth?


21 posted on 08/15/2015 10:12:11 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Voting is acting white.)
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To: JimSEA

We found a fossilized Palm stump in a very ( now) arid part of south Texas. It is sitting on my patio right now.


22 posted on 08/15/2015 10:13:49 AM PDT by Ditter ( God Bless Texas!)
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To: ETL

Where?


23 posted on 08/15/2015 10:16:44 AM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus (Obstruct. Oppose. Overthrow. Obama.)
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To: Flatus I. Maximus
Here!!! What are you guys blind?!!

 photo Big Shark Tooth 2_zpszenrglpu.jpg

24 posted on 08/15/2015 10:18:23 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: JimSEA

“her findings were dismissed by most scientists because it seemed improbable- not to mention downright impossible- that red blood cells could have survived in a 65 million year old bone”

Forgot to mention these were like dog years. It is 65 million dinosaur years. Not like the earth traveling around the sun years. Big difference.


25 posted on 08/15/2015 10:27:00 AM PDT by unlearner (RIP America, 7/4/1776 - 6/26/2015, "Only God can judge us now." - Claus Von Stauffenberg / Valkyrie)
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To: JimSEA
Let get two things straight....

The bible does not say the earth is 6000/6500 years old... period...

it's takes some highly questionable Bible studies to come up with that number

Conversely as these viable tissue samples in supposedly 65 million year old fossils show

There some highly questionable science going on it's coming up with that number

26 posted on 08/15/2015 10:28:22 AM PDT by tophat9000 (SCOTUS=News peak)
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To: ETL

I’m sorry, but I’m just not seeing it. Perhaps you need to post more pictures.


27 posted on 08/15/2015 10:42:04 AM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus (Obstruct. Oppose. Overthrow. Obama.)
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To: tophat9000

“Radiometric dating (often called radioactive dating) is a technique used to date materials such as rocks or carbon, usually based on a comparison between the observed abundance of a naturally occurring radioactive isotope and its decay products, using known decay rates.[1] The use of radiometric dating was first published in 1907 by Bertram Boltwood[2] and is now the principal source of information about the absolute age of rocks and other geological features, including the age of the Earth itself, and can be used to date a wide range of natural and man-made materials.

Together with stratigraphic principles, radiometric dating methods are used in geochronology to establish the geological time scale.[3] Among the best-known techniques are radiocarbon dating, potassium-argon dating and uranium-lead dating. By allowing the establishment of geological timescales, it provides a significant source of information about the ages of fossils and the deduced rates of evolutionary change. Radiometric dating is also used to date archaeological materials, including ancient artifacts.

Different methods of radiometric dating vary in the timescale over which they are accurate and the materials to which they can be applied.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiometric_dating


28 posted on 08/15/2015 10:46:52 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: scripter

Clitorically speaking, you are correct.


29 posted on 08/15/2015 10:50:36 AM PDT by ScoochDude
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To: Flatus I. Maximus
Sorry, I haven't any more pics of that shark tooth.

But in case you are seriously interested in marine fossils from that period of earth history, they were probably gathered by early humans such as these depicted below and subsequently traded amongst the different tribes.

 photo Raquel Welch one million years bc 02_zpsjxwtm5zo.jpg

 photo Raquel Welch one million years bc 04_zpsutlghtt4.jpg

 photo Raquel-Welch-raquel-welch-one-million-years-de_zpsr2iuncti.jpg

30 posted on 08/15/2015 11:01:05 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: ETL

REALLY! Those.. I mean that`s a nice tooth.


31 posted on 08/15/2015 11:45:15 AM PDT by nomad
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To: ETL
Im familiar with the radiocarbon dating techniques and other dating techniques.....

however you have an extreme anomaly if you're coming up with what appears to be viable tissue samples in what dates as 65 million year old fossils

the only way you're going to resolve that is to throw all assumptions on the table and re-validate all and that including carbon dating techniques... you cant assume infallibility....

32 posted on 08/15/2015 12:57:40 PM PDT by tophat9000 (SCOTUS=News peak)
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To: ScoochDude

It appears you didn’t understand my comment.


33 posted on 08/15/2015 1:32:32 PM PDT by scripter
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To: Lazamataz

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34 posted on 08/15/2015 1:40:51 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

Where’s the like button?


35 posted on 08/15/2015 5:47:41 PM PDT by scripter
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To: scripter

:)


36 posted on 08/15/2015 5:50:50 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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37 posted on 08/16/2015 12:31:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: ETL; sparklite2; Flatus I. Maximus; nomad

Clearly, closer study is needed...


38 posted on 08/16/2015 12:32:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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39 posted on 08/16/2015 12:39:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: JimSEA; wildbill; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks JimSEA.

40 posted on 08/16/2015 12:39:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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