http://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/14/scientists-discover-the-color-of-100-million-year-old-fossil-feather/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:14:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/14/scientists-discover-the-color-of-100-million-year-old-fossil-feather/comment-page-1/#comment-659192 Nicholas Dollak Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:44:12 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=17261#comment-659192 Re: LH --- Keratins, the proteins that are present in hair and give it its color, are also present in irises. Therefore, in the off-chance that some of these proteins were fossilized, it may give us a hint about the eye-color of the organism. (This would be a rarer occurrence than feather fossilization, though, so don't hold your breath.) Re: LH --- Keratins, the proteins that are present in hair and give it its color, are also present in irises. Therefore, in the off-chance that some of these proteins were fossilized, it may give us a hint about the eye-color of the organism. (This would be a rarer occurrence than feather fossilization, though, so don't hold your breath.)

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/14/scientists-discover-the-color-of-100-million-year-old-fossil-feather/comment-page-1/#comment-658755 LH Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:02:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=17261#comment-658755 And how can that technique be used on eyes? And how can that technique be used on eyes?

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