http://anthropology.net/2007/08/27/extracting-native-american-mtdna-from-2000-year-old-chewing-gum-aprons/ Beyond bones & stones Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:03:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://anthropology.net/2007/08/27/extracting-native-american-mtdna-from-2000-year-old-chewing-gum-aprons/#comment-9873 Genographic Project: Our History Within « FUTUREPREDICTIONS.COM Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:34:20 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/08/27/extracting-native-american-mtdna-from-2000-year-old-chewing-gum-aprons/#comment-9873 [...] AND MORE: The future holds answers as Steven LeBlanc has been dreaming about ancient DNA for several decades, but he never had any luck extracting it from museum artifacts. Then, a few years ago, LeBlanc, an archaeologist and collections manager at Harvard University’s Peabody Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, had a brainstorm. He was staring at drawers full of quids–wads of plant material chewed by ancient Native Americans–when he realized, “Quid … saliva … DNA … DING!” [...] [...] AND MORE: The future holds answers as Steven LeBlanc has been dreaming about ancient DNA for several decades, but he never had any luck extracting it from museum artifacts. Then, a few years ago, LeBlanc, an archaeologist and collections manager at Harvard University’s Peabody Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, had a brainstorm. He was staring at drawers full of quids–wads of plant material chewed by ancient Native Americans–when he realized, “Quid … saliva … DNA … DING!” [...]

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