DNA testing on 2,000-year-old bones in Italy reveal East Asian ancestry
Monday, February 1, 2010 - 21:56
in Paleontology & Archaeology
HAMILTON, ON, February 1, 2010?Researchers excavating an ancient Roman cemetery made a surprising discovery when they extracted ancient mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from one of the skeletons buried at the site: the 2,000-year-old bones revealed a maternal East Asian ancestry.