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		astrange on Oct 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In Mexico’s underwater caves, a glimpse of artifac... There's a newer[1] technique called paleoproteomics that work by looking for remnants of known proteins in bones, storage containers, cave dirt etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_protein#Palaeoproteomi... [1] heh

Qem on Oct 3, 2024 [–]

Nice. But IIRC not all DNA code for proteins, so some of it would remain unrecoverable by this method.

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