Zhoukoudian bone

Figure 7. A typical spectrum obtained from Zhoukoudian bone (sample A) showing the large dating signal and the small signal to the low-field side of it at ca. g = 2.0055 (marked with an asterisk).

We thank John Olsen of the Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, and Professor Wu of the Institute for Vertebrate Paleontology, Beijing, for the Zhoukoudian bone samples. We thank Sandy Olsen of the Institute of Archaeology, London, and Lech Kaminski-Robins for the other bone samples, and Stuart Adams for the IR spectra. The ESR measurements were performed by the University of London Intercollegiate Research Service. 

Alanine signal generation in bone, 367 heat response, 357 signal production threshold, 367 Zhoukoudian bone, 374 Albumin, trapped, 399 Albumin in body fluids, 15 Albumin in tissue extracts and body fluids, 400 ... 

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Previous ESR studies of bone have been primarily concerned with attempts to date the bone, but the complexity of the spectra obtained for the bones from Zhoukoudian (3) warranted further investigation. As this chapter is one of the first comprehensive accounts of such a study, it is appropriate to begin it with a brief survey of ESR spectroscopy and its application to bone. A more complete account can be found in reference 4. 

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