Unearthing Secrets: What a 5,700-Year-Old Chewing Gum Reveals About Our Ancient Ancestors

Unearthing Secrets: What a 5,700-Year-Old Chewing Gum Reveals About Our Ancient Ancestors

For Anders Götherström, a molecular archaeologist at Stockholm University, this gum is potentially a better source for collecting pathogens and DNA “than ancient bones or teeth.” Good thing traces of it have been found all across Scandinavia.


Next, read about the Montana man with the oldest American DNA ever recorded. Then, learn about Viking sex slaves and the dirty little secret behind the founding of Iceland.

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