A fossilized mosquito preserved for 46,000,000 years was discovered with blood still inside its abdomen a rare snapshot of ancient life frozen in time

Article: https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/1015/46-million-year-old-mosquito-filled-with-blood-is-a-scientific-first

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[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine if a mosquito was found like this then they sequenced the DNA and it was yours! Sounds like a horror story

[–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

That is quite common actually. We call it contaminated sample