Climate change: In dark, dangerous mines, men risk their lives for riches - and add to an environmental nightmare. FW de Klerk, last president of apartheid South Africa, dies aged Lluis Penuelas Reixach, secretary general of the Dali Foundation, said the exhumation was "a moving moment for Badalet and for us".
To ensure no photos were taken of Dali's body, mobile phones were placed in a deposit box and a marquee was installed under the museum's glass dome. Biological samples were sent to a forensic laboratory in Madrid, with the results expected to be ready in a couple of weeks.
If Ms Abel's claims are proved right, she could claim a quarter of Dali's estate which was bestowed to the Spanish state. The Salvador Dali Foundation says it will seek financial compensation for the costs of the exhumation if Ms Abel is wrong. Her lawyer, Enrique Blanquez, said: "At last we will be able to learn the truth whether she is the daughter or not. He added: "Of course she is nervous and expectant. These tests will be a relief for her because all doubts will disappear. Watch Live. It's surreal!
Hair and nails can stick around for a long time after death. Both are made of keratin, a protein bound together by tight chemical bonds, particularly disulfide bonds , which are strong enough to fend off many of the enzymes that easily degrade other body tissues. Keratin is also insoluble in water, meaning it won't dissolve if the body comes in contact with rainwater or groundwater. A few microbes produce keratinases, enzymes that specifically degrade keratin; these enzymes are important in the leather industry, because it is so hard to remove hair from animal skin without them, according to a paper in the journal Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.
The speed at which hair does degrade after death depends on the presence of keratinase-producing microbes and other environmental conditions. In dry conditions, hair can remain intact for hundreds, even thousands of years — the oldest hair ever discovered on a body was found attached to a 9,year-old mummy from Chile. In , researchers reported that they'd discovered what might be the ,year-old hair of a human ancestor inside the fossilized remains of hyena dung. Hair from Peruvian mummies has even been used to reveal the diets of people who lived 2, years ago.
Hair is regularly discovered on Egyptian mummies. Many had their hair styled during the mummification process, sometimes with a fat-based "hair gel. Depending on the burial environment, hair can last even when bodies aren't mummified. In , researchers reported the discovery of an Egyptian woman buried more than 3, years ago with an elaborate coif of 70 hair extensions.
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