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Animal hides and skins have been used by man before recorded time. These prehistoric men must have found that freshly flayed skins will decompose rapidly if not protected. Means of accomplishing this were found, chiefly by drying and treatment with salt, and these methods, with refinements, are still in use today.
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Cordon, T.C. (1960). Some Aspects of Protein Degradation in Leather Processing. In: Developments in Industrial Microbiology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5073-4_20
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