Who's your daddy? Not this mummy, DNA tests reveal


History | 208494 hits | Oct 30 1:32 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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Researchers have mapped the mitochondrial genome of one of the world's oldest mummies, discovering in the process a genetic lineage that does not match any of those known to exist today.

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  1. by avatar Tricks
    Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:38 pm
    Later Adam.

  2. by avatar QBall
    Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:35 pm
    I'm sure somewhere there is some 35 year old hasn't-gotten-laid-since-Clinton-was-president geneticist who finds this story absolutely titilating.

  3. by avatar Bacardi4206
    Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:35 pm
    I thought all humans originally came from Africa? If this is the oldest human being found in Italy.



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