Image of Ancient Petrous Bone (IMAGE)

University College Dublin

Image of Ancient Petrous Bone

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This is an ancient petrous bone after cleaning and prior to ancient DNA sampling. The particular location of this bone inside the skull and its high density and durability led to the sequencing and analysis a genomic time series spanning 5,000 years.

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Kendra Sirak (Ph.D. student, Anthropology, Emory University)

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