> Does that conflict with what is reported by Nova?:
>
> From: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/01-ask.html
>
> Excerpt:
> On July 31, 2007, Mary Schweitzer answered selected viewer questions about
> her discovery of what may be T. rex blood vessels and red blood cells...
>
For a detailed discussion, see
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/dinosaur/blood.html
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/dinosaur/flesh.html
The statement from NOVA is a bit misleading, as is some of the other
coverage in other popular-level science venues. More disappointing
still is that the summary blurb in Science was not too accurate. The
discovery of remnants of proteinaceous material in fossils from the
late Cretaceous is unsurprising when it was long known in much older
material. Developing techniques to detect specific protein remnants
is a valid achievement in the paper. The claim that these are fresh
unaltered material and the claim that this is highly unexpected are
false.
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