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Do we have any dna samples of humans from 2500 years ago? I'd like to see What has changed genetically since then.
by maeon3 14y ago
Do we have any dna samples of humans from 2500 years ago? I'd like to see What has changed genetically since then.
- arethuza 14y agoMitochondrial DNA has been extracted from samples found in the UK which are up to 12,000 years old: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheddar_Man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheddar_Man
- dhughes 14y agoThere are DNA samples from 5,300 years ago Otzi the Iceman from the Italian/Swiss border, the bogman is half his age. It would be fun to compare the two. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96tzi_the_Iceman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96tzi_the_Iceman