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Jerusalem Post/Archaeology

This pendant is 20,000 years old. Ancient DNA shows who wore it

It became the first prehistoric artifact linked by genetic sleuthing to a specific person. It is unknown whether the woman made or merely wore it.

 Scientist Elena Essel of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology works in the institute’s clean laboratory in Leipzig, Germany on the pierced elk tooth discovered in the Denisova Cave in southern Siberia in this undated handout picture. Scientists have recovered the DNA of a woman.
Scientist Elena Essel of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology works in the institute’s clean laboratory in Leipzig, Germany on the pierced elk tooth discovered in the Denisova Cave in southern Siberia in this undated handout picture. Scientists have recovered the DNA of a woman.
(photo credit: REUTERS)
ByREUTERS
MAY 3, 2023 18:39
Updated: MAY 3, 2023 22:53
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