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Re:New human-like species discovered by wbhart on Thursday September 10, 2015 @09:35AM (#10197905)
Is there any chance of doing DNA analysis on 3 million year old (presumably fossilised) bones? If in fact that is how old they are.
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Re:New human-like species discovered by duaneb on Thursday September 10, 2015 @12:28PM (#10198997)
No. There is basically 0 chance without some sort of extraordinary preservative (like ethanol).
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