Saturday, February 07, 2009

Oldest Human Hair Found in Hyena Poop Fossil?


Oldest Human Hair Found in Hyena Poop Fossil?: "Backwell and her colleagues used tweezers to extract 40 fossilized hairs resembling glass needles from one of the hyena coprolites.

Scanning-electron-microscope images revealed wavy bands of scales on the hairs—a pattern typical of modern primates, with human hair being the closest match."

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