Ordinarily, when we think of prehistoric items that have been preserved in amber, things like insects come to mind. Recently, however, scientists from Oregon State University uncovered something that's a lot closer to home for us humans. Within a piece of amber found in the Dominican Republic, they discovered what are claimed to be the first fossilized Red Blood Cells from a mammal – likely a monkey.
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