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Prehistoric mammal hair found in Cretaceous amber
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| 14 June 2010
| Matt Walker
Posted on 06/14/2010 2:14:31 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Palaeontologists have discovered two mammal hairs encased in 100 million-year-old amber. While older 2D fossilised hairs are known, those preserved in the amber are the oldest 3D specimens known. The hairs, found alongside a fly pupa in amber uncovered in southwest France, are remarkably similar to hair found on modern mammals. That implies that the shape and structure of mammal hair has remained unchanged over a vast period of time.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: allaboutme; amber; cretaceous; fossils; godsgravesglyphs; hair; lookbackinamber; mammals; paleontology
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To: JoeProBono
WELL, NOW WHAT? Now that Helen is gone... nothing more to post...
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posted on
06/14/2010 2:16:05 PM PDT
by
April Lexington
(Study the constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
To: JoeProBono
oh look ... genetic material :)
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posted on
06/14/2010 2:16:32 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(If I don't like you, it's most likely your culture or your ideology that pissed me off.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
06/14/2010 2:17:00 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: April Lexington
So hair didn’t evolve? How unDarwinian.
To: BenLurkin
100 million year old amber...You sure it's not 99 million years old??
Wow...all for the love of Grant Money.
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posted on
06/14/2010 2:19:36 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(What)
To: Centurion2000
1. A Chimera is produced when a human embryo is fused with an animal embryo; 2. An Hybrid is produced when a human female egg is fertilised with animal sperm or vice-versa; and 3. A "Cybrid" is produced when an animal cell's genetic material is removed and replaced with human genetic material.
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posted on
06/14/2010 2:19:54 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: equalitybeforethelaw
Well, maybe modern animals just have old hair? Or, old animals had modern hair...
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posted on
06/14/2010 2:20:13 PM PDT
by
April Lexington
(Study the constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
To: JoeProBono
Prehistoric mammal hair found in Cretaceous amberHelen Thomas?
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posted on
06/14/2010 2:22:54 PM PDT
by
exist
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/14/2010 2:23:42 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Sacajaweau
To: JoeProBono
I was under the impression that mammal hairs became feathers and turned into birds?
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posted on
06/14/2010 2:23:51 PM PDT
by
guitarplayer1953
(Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to GOD! Thomas Jefferson)
To: equalitybeforethelaw
Ya know, if there isn’t a good reason to evolve, it won’t happen. As long as it works, it’s probably not going to change.
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posted on
06/14/2010 2:24:31 PM PDT
by
Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
To: exist
“Helen Thomas?”
Also extinct..
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posted on
06/14/2010 2:25:00 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
(Afghanistan: Lithium is the new oil. Where are the NO WAR FOR LITHIUM protests?)
To: JoeProBono
Please tell me that isn’t real . . .
To: Centurion2000
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posted on
06/14/2010 2:26:05 PM PDT
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Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
To: guitarplayer1953
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posted on
06/14/2010 2:26:34 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: guitarplayer1953
a. feathers didn’t turn into birds.
b. reptile scales evolved into feathers
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posted on
06/14/2010 2:27:19 PM PDT
by
Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
To: JoeProBono
The hairs, found alongside a fly pupa in amber uncovered in southwest France, are remarkably similar to hair found on modern mammals. That implies that the shape and structure of mammal hair has remained unchanged over a vast period of time.
Or maybe it just means that (macro) evolution and the billions of years are not true.
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posted on
06/14/2010 2:28:05 PM PDT
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JSDude1
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/14/2010 2:28:12 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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