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Dopo un corso accelerato di odontoiatria presso un dentista di Adelaide, Alan Cooper e Jeremy Austin si preparavano a trapanare lo smalto dentale di uno dei molari dell’hobbit, per ottenere un minuscolo campione di dentina da usare per l’analisi del DNA fossile. Per portare a termine la missione, i due si erano procurati un trapano da dentista e una valigetta completa di ambiente sterile.
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Tuniz, C., Gillespie, R., Jones, C. (2010). Hobbit. In: I lettori di ossa. I blu. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1198-4_19
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