Thursday, June 28, 2012

Oldest DNA Found...for now

Just recently scientist in spain have unearthed two cavemen who are about 7,000 years old. This is awesome. We are talking about the modern human genome here. Complete DNA. The oldest fragments found that is. The most interesting thing though, is the fact that these two cavemen are not genetically linked to the current population of spain and surrounding areas. They are in fact similar to the population of northern Europe. And so many interesting thing could account for this. 

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