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Protein bits extracted from dinosaur bones are found in protected areas within rat and human collagen fibers, new research shows, boosting claims the proteins could have survived inside fossils. Each collagen fibril contains thousands of finer ropes (rainbow), each its own triple helix of protein chains (inset). Credit: J. D. San Antonio et al/PLoS ONE 2011

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