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Jan 11 • 07:01 UTC • 🇩🇪 Germany • FAZ

DNA from the Tropics: Solving Ancient Mysteries with a Teaspoon of Mud

Researchers from Frankfurt have disproved the common belief that free DNA degrades quickly in hot climates, uncovering early evidence of syphilis in Mexico and a 16th-century Salmonella epidemic using ancient DNA.

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