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Posted March 20, 2010
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Human RBC remains in many meteorites
Human RBC remains in many meteorites
I cut two thin sections from two stony meteorites and found red blood cell remains (Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 below) whose sizes and shapes are like those of human red blood cells, for they are all anucleate, round and concave, measuring seven to eight micrometers in diameter. In the animal kingdom, about ten (?) animal families possess red blood cells that meet above descriptions (see http://www.genomesize.com/cellsize/mammals.htm). On Earth there are over 100,000 (?) meteorites. I examined two of them under a transmitted-light microscope and found they show the images of human red blood cells. So, it is very likely that many of the 100,000 meteorites contain human red blood cell remains.
Finally, I have an important apology to make: I miscalculated the
magnification times of my transmitted-light micrographs (note 1). I have rectified the captions of the figures in my albums. However, I could not rectify the notes/scale bars in the figures and the messages I have posted in the newsgroups. So, when in doubt, just take the numbers in the captions as believable. Sorry. The mistake delayed my above finding of possible human RBC’s in meteorites. I was too hasty.
Figure 1: Possible human RBC remains found in Meteorite 5 (4,000X)
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=28&f=1176740824&p=51
Figure 2: Possible human RBC remains found in Meteorite 5 (4,000X)
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=28&f=1176740823&p=47
Figure 3: Possible human RBC remains found in Meteorite 5 (4,000X)
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=25&f=1691684131&p=206
Figure 4: Possible human RBC remains found in Meteorite 4 (1,000X)
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=25&f=1691224684&p=6
Note 1: Calculation of magnification times was done according to the following ruler of 1mm: http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=28&f=1176679847&p=40
My computer screen resolution was set at 800 X 600 pixels. There could be 10% deviation in the magnification times of my micrographs owing to varied quality of the images.
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