From Science Alert:
"In this case, the fact the clay brick had been left to dry naturally rather than fired helped preserve its organic contents, as did the taking of the sample from the middle of the brick where the material was well protected."
To read the [very long] original study...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-38191-w
To: SunkenCiv
Ancient DNA ping for SunkenCiv...
"Ancient Brick From 2,900 Years Ago Turns Out to Be [Plant] aDNA Time Capsule"
2 posted on
08/28/2023 3:13:45 AM PDT by
zeestephen
(Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
To: zeestephen
Interesting. Can you give a 1-3 sentence summary of the most interesting findings from the brick?
3 posted on
08/28/2023 3:15:19 AM PDT by
ckilmer
(ui)
To: zeestephen
Was it a brick from the Tower of Babel? 😂😁😄😆
4 posted on
08/28/2023 3:21:18 AM PDT by
Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
To: zeestephen
5 posted on
08/28/2023 3:31:20 AM PDT by
sauropod
(I will stand for truth even if I stand alone.)
To: zeestephen
Made bricks with straw?......................
9 posted on
08/28/2023 6:11:25 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: zeestephen
Further DNA results find it wasn’t a brick just called on.
Community dumping ground found.
10 posted on
08/28/2023 7:35:46 AM PDT by
Vaduz
(....)
To: zeestephen
Will they be able to duplicate one of these?
12 posted on
08/28/2023 8:31:59 AM PDT by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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