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A 45,000-Year-Old Leg Bone Reveals The Oldest Human Genome Yet

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Researcher Svante Pääbo, was able to extract a complete genome from this ancient human leg bone. (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
Researcher Svante Pääbo, was able to extract a complete genome from this ancient human leg bone. (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

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