News: Dr Bastien Llamas
A glimpse into the past: what digging for DNA in cave dirt tells us about ancient Australia?
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For most people the term “ancient DNA” might conjur up images of Jurassic Park, where DNA extracted from a mosquito preserved in amber was used to re-create long extinct dinosaurs.
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