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Biosignatures: Detection Of A Biopolymer In 500 Million Year Old Trilobite Fossils

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells and insect exoskeletons, in trilobite fossils more than 500 million years old, […]

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