What Ancient ‘Chewing Gum’ Can Tell Us About Life 5,700 Years Ago
The dark little blob would be easy to overlook at an archaeological site. Hannes Schroeder, a paleogeneticist at the University of Copenhagen, says a student brought it to him from a Stone Age site in Denmark and had a question: “Can we get DNA out of this?” Schroeder remembers replying: “We don’t know, haven’t really … Read more