Katherine Reece Wrote:
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> I think the fact that even with the new technology
> that they were not able to get a reading on the
> samples from Tuthmosis I says a lot to support
> Hawass' position all these years.
On the contrary it simply reinforces what I've been saying all of these years. DNA is a frangible substance. There might have been DNA that could have been salvaged if we had done the initial studies years ago, but now it's too late.
And watching
> the show you can clearly see how invasive a
> procedure it was to extract samples from areas of
> the mummy that would not have a risk on
> contamination.
>
> Kat
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