5,700-Year-Old Birch Pitch (IMAGE)
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During excavations on Lolland, Denmark, archaeologists have found a 5,700-year-old birch pitch. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in extracting a complete ancient human genome from the pitch seen in the photo.
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Photo: Theis Jensen.
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