Jamestown DNA helps solve a 400-year-old mystery and unexpectedly reveals a family secret

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Jamestown DNA helps solve a 400-year-old mystery and unexpectedly reveals a family secret
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An ancient DNA (aDNA) study at the 17th-century English colony of Jamestown, Virginia, has identified two of the town's earliest settlers, and revealed an unexpected family secret.

Jamestown DNA helps solve a 400-year-old mystery and unexpectedly reveals a family secret retrieved 13 August 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-08-jamestown-dna-year-mystery-unexpectedly.html

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