Scientists may have extracted Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA from Renaissance artwork for first time

Some Y-chromosome DNA sequences from the “Holy Child” artwork and from a letter penned by one of Leonardo’s cousins appear to ...
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Possible DNA of Leonardo da Vinci extracted from some of his works of art

An international team of scientists has, for the first time, applied a minimally invasive genetic analysis technique to ...
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'Biological time capsules': How DNA from cave dirt is revealing clues about early humans and Neanderthals

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.
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Cave dirt DNA is rewriting early human and Neanderthal history

In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...