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DNA evidence rewrites story of people buried in Pompeii eruption

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DNA evidence rewrites story of people buried in Pompeii eruption.

Study refutes previous assumptions and reveals the cosmopolitan origin of the inhabitants of Pompeii .

Researchers from the University of Florence , Harvard University and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations.

Zuchtriegel concludes: "From this point of view, this study marks a true change of perspective, in which the site itself plays a central role in advancing archaeology and research" The study was published in Current Biology , 2024 ; DOI: 10.1016 /j.cub.2024.

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