![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106230002im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Structure of 450 Million-Year-Old Protein Reveals Evolution's Steps
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August 16, 2007
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A detailed map that pinpoints the location of every atom in a 450-million-year-old resurrected protein, reveals the precise evolutionary steps needed to create the molecule's modern version, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Oregon.
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Source University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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