DNA rewrites history of Pompeii victims buried in volcanic eruption centuries ago
Researchers have studied the DNA preserved in the skeletal remains of Pompeii volcanic eruption victims. In 79 CE, the violent eruption of the Somma-Vesuvius volcanic system engulfed the Roman town of Pompeii. This massive eruption trapped its inhabitants beneath a thick layer of volcanic ash, and led to the preservation of many bodies.
In 79 A.D., a volcanic eruption engulfed a town’s residents. They weren’t all who scientists thought, newly extracted genetic ...
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 ...
The study builds upon research from 2022, when scientists sequenced the genome of a Pompeii victim for the first time and ...
More than 100 casts have been made to date. Now, scientists have used ancient DNA collected from the casts that have been ...
backdropped by the casts of two adults and two children who died together in the house in Pompeii. Credit: AP New DNA evidence from the bodies of Pompeii victims has found many of our ...
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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 ...
An international study has found assumptions on the sex and relationships of individuals found in the ruins of the ancient ...
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