Copper Age Infant Buried in Italy Found to Have Rare Genetic Lineage

Copper Age Infant Buried in Italy Found to Have Rare Genetic Lineage

Copper Age infant found in Italy reveals rare genetic ancestry. Credit: adArte Srl. Courtesy of the Ministry of Culture / CC BY 4.0 Researchers in Italy have uncovered the rare genetic ancestry of a Copper Age infant whose remains were found in a long-abandoned well in Faenza, northeastern Italy. The study, led by Owen Alexander Higgins of the University of Bologna and published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, used advanced scientific …