Ancient DNA rewrites the stories of people buried by volcanic eruption in Pompeii
Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii after a volcanic eruption, overturning misconceptions about their genetic relationships, ancestry and sex. When Mount Vesuvius erupted ...
But DNA evidence recently published in Current Biology suggests things were not as they seem. POMPEII, Italy (KMID/KPEJ) ...
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Pompeii DNA evidence leads to surprising new discovery about victimsIn mere minutes, the giant cloud of ash and gases killed an estimated 2,000 people, many of whom were unearthed more than a ...
DNA evidence showed the four were male and not related to one another, clearly showing “the story that was long spun around ...
New DNA evidence from the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii reveal that many of the presumptuous narratives about the ...
Analysis of ancient DNA from the ashen casts of Pompeii victims changes presumed relationships between them, and reveals the ...
Scientists studying the remains of people who died in the devastating Mount Vesuvius eruption that buried the ancient city of ...
DNA evidence showed the four were male and not related to one another, clearly showing "the story that was long spun around these individuals" was wrong, Mittnik said. Researchers also confirmed ...
The study builds upon research from 2022, when scientists sequenced the genome of a Pompeii victim for the first time and ...
An estimated 10 percent of Pompeii’s 20,000 or so inhabitants perished when Mount ... when we’re making measurements of how ...
In a stunning revelation, DNA analysis has uncovered fresh insights into the victims of Pompeii. The catastrophic ...
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