WATCH: New DNA results questions long-time assumptions regarding Pompeii victims
The study builds upon research from 2022, when scientists sequenced the genome of a Pompeii victim for the first time and confirmed the possibility of retrieving ancient DNA from the scant human remains that still exist.
Ancient DNA leads to surprising discovery about Pompeii’s victims
More than 100 casts have been made to date. Now, scientists have used ancient DNA collected from the casts that have been made to better understand the Pompeii residents and their origins. What they found alters history that’s been written since Pompeii ...
In 79 A.D., a volcanic eruption engulfed a town’s residents. They weren’t all who scientists thought, newly extracted genetic ...
The sex and ancestry of five people who died in the eruption are revealed by genetic material embedded in the casts.
DNA evidence showed the four were male and not related to one another, clearly showing "the story that was long spun around ...
Analysis of ancient DNA from the ashen casts of Pompeii victims changes presumed relationships between them, and reveals the ...
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DNA analysis rewrites the stories of people buried in PompeiiGenetic analysis of five individuals preserved as plaster casts in the ruins of Pompeii contradicts established beliefs about ...
New DNA evidence has been released showing that the victims of the 79AD Pompeii disaster are not who we originally thought ...
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Pompeii DNA evidence leads to surprising new discovery about victimsMore than 100 casts have been made to date. Now, scientists have used ancient DNA collected from the casts that have been made to better understand the Pompeii residents and their origins. What ...
Researchers have studied the DNA preserved in the skeletal remains of Pompeii volcanic eruption victims. In 79 CE, the ...
An international study has found assumptions on the sex and relationships of individuals found in the ruins of the ancient ...
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