Human DNA preserved on the very walls of decorated caves
A First Art team, with the Max Planck Institute, has recovered ancient human DNA straight from the walls of eleven caves in Spain and Portugal. The walls could beco…
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From 3 million years ago to the dawn of our era: archaeological discoveries, palaeogenetics, cave art and the great transformations of human societies.
A First Art team, with the Max Planck Institute, has recovered ancient human DNA straight from the walls of eleven caves in Spain and Portugal. The walls could beco…
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At this twin site of Göbekli Tepe, a monolith nearly 12,000 years old bears a sharply defined human face. Never seen before.