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Originally excavated in the 1950s, the remains of the boy had been tucked away in the bowels of a museum in St. Petersburg. He was only about 3 years old when he died, buried with a variety of “grave goods” such as a swan figurine and ivory pendant.
When evolutionary biologist Eske Willerslev at Copenhagen University first sequenced the DNA, extracted from the boy’s upper arm bone, he swore it was a mistake. It said the boy belonged to a lineage commonly found among Europeans, but not in East Asians.
When evolutionary biologist Eske Willerslev at Copenhagen University first sequenced the DNA, extracted from the boy’s upper arm bone, he swore it was a mistake. It said the boy belonged to a lineage commonly found among Europeans, but not in East Asians.