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Obtained the first DNA map of an inhabitant of Pompeii

2022-05-26T16:42:29.985Z


Obtained the first DNA map of an inhabitant of Pompeii, one of the victims of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD He was a man between 35 and 40 years old and had many genetic elements similar to those of the inhabitants of central Italy and other individuals who lived in Italy at the time of the Roman Empire (ANSA)


Obtained the first DNA map of an inhabitant of Pompeii, one of the victims of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD He was a man between 35 and 40 years old and had many genetic elements similar to those of the inhabitants of central Italy and other individuals who lived in Italy at the time of the Roman Empire: it is the story written by the letters of the code of life, brought to light thanks to the research published in Scientific Reports and coordinated by Gabriele Scorrano, of the Danish University of Copenhagen and of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, conducted in collaboration with Serena Viva, of the University of Salento in Lecce, the University of California in Irvine, and the Brazilian Federal University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte.



Thanks to the availability of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, the researchers were able to analyze the skeletal remains of two individuals found in the Blacksmith's House: their characteristics indicate that one of the two was a man between 35 and 40 years, while the other was a woman. over 50 years old.

"Their state of conservation was excellent, they must not have come into contact with too high temperatures," Scorrano told ANSA.

So much so that signs of a disease similar to tuberculosis are observed in the skeleton of man.

"The DNA was instead very degraded, but we still managed to extract it", added the researcher.

The man's contains all the essential elements to be able to make comparisons with other DNA of individuals of the time, while it was not possible to reconstruct the woman's DNA.



It is an absolute first because up to now only fragments of mitochondrial DNA had been analyzed, ie DNA not contained in the nucleus of cells, taken from both humans and animals from Pompeii.

It is also a demonstration of how it is possible to recover ancient DNA from the human remains of Pompeii and now opens the possibility for research in this same direction.

Source: ansa

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