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Fossilised fish vomit found in Denmark from sixty-six million years ago
- conradfr 2y agoAnd they say science is not a glamorous career.
- cushychicken 2y agoFinally, a headline worthy of HN!
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- b3ing 2y agoI’m waiting for them to find an ancient fart bubble trapped in amber
- interludead 2y agoOne day, some paleontologist is going to crack open a piece of amber and get hit with the world's oldest jump scare
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- wslh 2y agoJokes aside, can DNA be retrieved from there? The article is quite limited.
- echelon_musk 2y agoI don't think DNA is retrievable from rock. If it has been fossilised then all organic matter has been replaced by rock.
- amelius 2y agoDoes every type of basepair transform into rock the same way?
- zulban 2y agoI believe DNA doesn't last more than a couple million years. And that's under ideal conditions and it's already a stretch.
- ETH_start 2y agoThe theoretical limit of DNA survival, I believe, is about 1 to 2 million years. So no.
- interludead 2y agoSooo, puke can survive for 66 million years...
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- smt88 2y agoIt didn't survive. It turned into rock.
- interludead 2y agoI understand that... It was just a stupid joke, sorry...
- mehphp 2y agoNo, but fossils can.
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- vincheezel 2y agoHow many years is there?
- bean-weevil 2y agoI'm guessing it's gonna be 4000
- KMnO4 2y agoI’m quite confident that I could step in fresh fish vomit and not recognize it. The fact that a palaeontologist could see a pile of fossilized “chalk bits” and draw the conclusion that it’s 66M year old fish vomit is mind boggling.
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- Biologist123 2y agoWow, this news truly left me marveling at the small insignificance of my life and all those I know against the beautiful reality that fish barf will outlive all the greatest achievements of our civilization.
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