'Amino Acid Time Capsule': New Way to Date the Past

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'Amino Acid Time Capsule': New Way to Date the Past

ScienceDaily (Aug. 4, 2011) — Scientists at the University of York, using an 'amino acid time capsule', have led the largest ever programme to date the British Quaternary period, stretching back nearly three million years...

...Using the new method, known as amino acid racemization, it will be possible to link climatic records from deep sea sediments and ice cores with the responses of plants and animals, including humans, to climate change over the last three million years. The research is published in the latest issue of Nature...

This is a brilliant piece of research as it crates a new timeline that links and reinforces the accuracy of existing data. Haveing a 3 million year record of climate data could be invaluable.