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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

DNA from centuries-old Incan mummy provides scientists with clues to genetic diversity

Mummified remains of Incan boy -  University of Cuyo, Argentina
Archaeologists and geneticists have sequenced the genome of a boy sacrificed 500 years ago during an Incan ritual in the Andes, finding a previously unidentified lineage that hints at genetic diversity before the Spanish landed in the Americas.

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