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Monday, October 19
October 19, 2009

 A tooth was removed from the head of a 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy, as the first step in an effort to extract DNA from its pulp. “All of us were extremely concerned about not disturbing the head, because this is really a one-of-a-kind artifact,” said Dr. Paul H. Chapman of Massachusetts General Hospital. “A royal building […]

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