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Oldest biological molecules

Oldest biological molecules
Who
125-million-year-old Iguanodon
Where
United Kingdom (quarry in Surrey)
When
02 February 2004
The oldest biological molecules isolated to date are around 125 million years old. They were extracted from the rib of an iguanodon which had been found in a quarry in Surrey, UK. The research was carried out by Liverpool University, the University of Wales and the Natural History Museum (all UK) and the results were announced in September 2003.