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Archaeologists unearthed a human skull with a small dried fragment of the scalp still attached.

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Archaeologists unearthed a human skull with a small dried fragment of the scalp still attached. They extracted a tiny amount of DNA from the scalp tissue. How could they obtain sufficient DNA for an analysis of the ancient human’s genes? – Q/A (Question and Answer)