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This new tool could revolutionize archaeology

这个新工具可能会彻底改变考古学

A headdress of macaw feathers adorns the 600-year-old skull of a sacrificed child from the Peruvian site of Pampa la Cruz. Archaeologists used proteomics to determine that the key sacrifices at the site, like this individual, were of male children.

A headdress of macaw feathers adorns the 600-year-old skull of a sacrificed child from the Peruvian site of Pampa la Cruz. Archaeologists used proteomics to determine that the key sacrifices at the site, like this individual, were of male children.

2024-11-25  966  中等
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By examining proteins in organic artifacts like teeth and bones, scientists can now learn details of the DNA that created them—but without having to analyze any actual DNA that may have survived.

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