Current Events > 57,000 year old gum found and human dna extracted from it

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/human-genome-recovered-5700-year-old-chewing-gum-180973801/

they got the dna from a girl that chewed the gum. and an artist also drew a picture of what she may have looked like

https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/R9XdwGSpCfrgsHBtCHYkyshIOSk=/fit-in/1072x0/https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/74/43/744368dd-228a-490d-b460-25e061bab0f5/tb_lola_final_lores.jpeg

5,700 not 57,000

Fascinating regardless

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Its interesting because its the same combination of physical traits that apparently was very common in Mesolithic Europe. So all these other ancient [European] genomes that we know about, like La Braa in Spain, they all have this combination of physical traits that of course today in Europe is not so common. Indigenous Europeans have lighter skin color now but that was apparently not the case 5,000 to 10,000 years ago.

5,000 to 10,000 years ago things were different

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its wild that from an old piece of gum they can extract DNA and gather enough information to decipher enough potential physical traits to determine what the person who chewed it might have looked like...that just doesn't seem like it should be possible but it is. I know its not an exact representation that was drawn, but basic traits were hypothesized based on something that was chewed nearly 6,000 years ago...its crazy.

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TheVipaGTS posted...

its wild that from an old piece of gum they can extract DNA and gather enough information to decipher enough potential physical traits to determine what the person who chewed it might have looked like...that just doesn't seem like it should be possible but it is. I know its not an exact representation that was drawn, but basic traits were hypothesized based on something that was chewed nearly 6,000 years ago...its crazy.

it makes sense if you consider this:

The gums water-resistant properties helped to preserve the DNA within, as did its mild antiseptic properties which helped to prevent microbial decay. But the find was also made possible by the conditions at the site, named Syltholm, on an island in southern Denmark, where thick mud has perfectly preserved a wide range of unique Stone Age artifacts. Excavations began at the site in 2012 in preparation for the construction of a tunnel, affording the Museum Lolland-Falster a unique chance for archaeological field work.The gums water-resistant properties helped to preserve the DNA within, as did its mild antiseptic properties which helped to prevent microbial decay. But the find was also made possible by the conditions at the site, named Syltholm, on an island in southern Denmark, where thick mud has perfectly preserved a wide range of unique Stone Age artifacts. Excavations began at the site in 2012 in preparation for the construction of a tunnel, affording the Museum Lolland-Falster a unique chance for archaeological field work.

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This is why you dont swallow your gum, kids. Or else itll get stuck in your stomach for 5700 years.

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Chicken posted...

This is why you dont swallow your gum, kids. Or else itll get stuck in your stomach for 5700 years.

nah i want them to reconstruct my mug 6000 years after i am dead

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Time to clone her and ask if it was big red or hubba bubba

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Reminds me of the Feral Kid from The Road Warrior except them being a girl.

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PtlessAgmnts posted...

Imagine being cloned because you swallowed your gum

they should make a movie about this girl being cloned and brought into the modern era

Zikten posted...

they should make a movie about this girl being cloned and brought into the modern era

They did this its called Year One

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