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Scientists Recovered 22,000-Year-Old Human DNA From Cave Dirt
Scientists are getting astonishingly good at extracting ancient human DNA from mere dirt and dust, even when there are no physical remains left… A small scoop of sediment from a cave in Spain has now offered up ancient DNA from several…
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Scientists are getting astonishingly good at extracting ancient human DNA from mere dirt and dust, even when there are no physical remains left… A small scoop of sediment from a cave in Spain has now offered up ancient DNA from several individuals who lived roughly 22,000 years ago.
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