Artistic Reconstruction of Lola (image)

University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Caption

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in extracting a complete ancient human genome from a 5,700-year-old birch pitch. The image is an artistic reconstruction of the woman who chewed the birch pitch and has been named Lola.

Credit

Illustration by Tom Björklund.

Usage Restrictions

The image may only be used with credit to Tom Björklund.

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