Unexpected food DNA found on cloth believed to have wrapped Jesus, study reveals
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- Carrot (Daucus carota) was the most prominent plant DNA signal, accounting for about 30.9% of identified plant sequences.
- The study also noted a "strong presence of peanuts (Arachis spp.)...
- weak traces of perennial ryegrass, bluegrass, fescue, oats and clovers" The shroud's age "cannot be determined through metagenomics [genetic profiling] because this methodology is unable to provide any robust evidence supporting either a medieval origin or a history dating back two millennia"
Researchers recently identified food DNA on the Shroud of Turin a finding that suggests the burial cloth believed to have wrapped Jesus Christ may have been contaminated over time.In a preprint stu [+3289 chars]
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