Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old Fossils - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691221144ISBN-10:691221146UPC:9780691221144Book Category:Nature, ScienceBook Subcategory:Fossils, Paleontology, Life SciencesBook Topic:Molecular BiologySize:8.60 x 5.70 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC6JG3ME5N
Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old Fossils
The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct life
We used to think of fossils as being composed of nothing but rock and minerals, all molecular traces of life having vanished long ago. We were wrong. Remnants of Ancient Life reveals how the new science of ancient biomolecules--pigments, proteins, and DNA that once functioned in living organisms tens of millions of...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691221144ISBN-10:691221146UPC:9780691221144Book Category:Nature, ScienceBook Subcategory:Fossils, Paleontology, Life SciencesBook Topic:Molecular BiologySize:8.60 x 5.70 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC6JG3ME5N
Dale E. Greenwalt is Resident Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, where he curates the Kishenehn Formation fossil insect collection.
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