Scientists Discover Ancient Human DNA Hidden in Cave Walls for Thousands of Years
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Scientists Discover Ancient Human DNA Hidden in Cave Walls for Thousands of Years
Ancient DNA from cave walls offers clues to prehistoric visitors’ sex and ancestry, potentially allowing scientists to investigate who used these spaces without disturbing archaeological deposits. A cave wall can hold traces of prehistoric visitors even when it has no paintings or other visible signs of human activity. Scientists have recovered ancient human DNA from [...]
The traces were not only found on a limestone crust with color pigments, but also surprisingly on unpainted rocks. Thus, a previously scarcely used source could reveal who visited prehistoric caves, but not yet who created their paintings. Leipzig (Germany). The cave art of the Stone Age shows that humans already discovered their surroundings with signs thousands of years ago [...] The article Millenium-old human DNA on cave walls appeared first…
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