About 1,600 years ago, salt miners in Iran apparently left their lamb lunch down the shaft. Their loss became scientists’ gain. The now-mummified sheep carcass suggests that salt helps preserve sheepskin DNA.
The research results, published in Biology Letters, showed probably the best-preserved DNA from any skin from that time.1 The Iranian and European team used radiocarbon dating to help establish an age e… More…
Source: icr.org
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