Mummies found buried in boats in a China desert have unexpected origins

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New techniques in ancient DNA analysis are providing more and more tantalizing details about prehistory, including some of the latest scientific discoveries in the past week. I’m Katie Hunt, standing in for Ashley Strickland, who’s on vacation. In an inhospitable desert in northwestern China, hundreds of stunningly intact mummies, buried in boats, were discovered in … Read more