Ancient pots yield their DNA secrets


	Ancient pots yield their DNA secrets

Mohir

10-31-2007 4:11 PM

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10-31-2007 11:31 PM

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I wonder if these pots came from Dr. Ballard's Mediteranean archaeological explorations. Dr. Ballard was the real discoverer of the Titanic and the developer of the first Alvin, deep water submersibles.

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