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05 Apr, 2008

[NEWS] ARCHAEOLOGY: DNA From Fossil Feces Breaks Clovis Barrier

Posted by: RSS In: Sciencemag.org

An international team reports online in Science this week what some experts consider the strongest evidence yet for an earlier peopling of the Americas: 14,000-year-old ancient DNA from fossilized human excrement (coprolites), found in caves in south-central Oregon.

Author: Michael Balter

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