Eland proteins found for the first time in 60,000-year-old ochre from South Africa
An international team led by Takumi Tsutaya used paleoproteomics to extract eland collagen from ochre 60,000 years old, found at the Klipdrift complex in the De Hoop Nature Reserve. The find is rare for Africa and confirms the method works in hot climates.
Aziz Karimov