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 ...
Researchers focused on 14 casts undergoing restoration, extracting DNA from the fragmented skeletal remains that mixed with ...
New DNA analysis of skeletal remains from Pompeii reveals that victims of Vesuvius’s eruption have been wrongly identified.
Drawing on multiple studies demonstrating that it is possible to retrieve DNA from both human and animal remains in Pompeii, ...
A new study published in the Current Biology journal explains how new DNA research from body casts in Pompeii illuminates ...
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, trapping dozens of residents in their ...
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