A team of scientists from EURAC in Bolzano/Bozen together with colleagues from the University of Vienna successfully analysed the non-human DNA in the sample. Credit: Frank Maixner (EURAC)
Posted on 07/27/2014 2:08:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Ötzi’s human genome was decoded from a hip bone sample taken from the 5,300 year old mummy. However the tiny sample weighing no more than 0.1 g provides so much more information. A team of scientists analyzed the non-human DNA in the sample. They found evidence for the presence of Treponema denticola, an opportunistic pathogen involved in the development of periodontal disease.
Ötzi's human genome was decoded from a hip bone sample taken from the 5,300 year old mummy. However the tiny sample weighing no more than 0.1 g provides so much more information. A team of scientists from EURAC in Bolzano/Bozen together with colleagues from the University of Vienna successfully analysed the non-human DNA in the sample. They found evidence for the presence of Treponema denticola, an opportunistic pathogen involved in the development of periodontal disease.
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A team of scientists from EURAC in Bolzano/Bozen together with colleagues from the University of Vienna successfully analysed the non-human DNA in the sample. Credit: Frank Maixner (EURAC)
“What’s your degree in? Dentistry?”
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099994
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0099994
ROTFLOL
I've read that the bacteria that is found in your bathroom commode can also be found on your pillow case in your bed.
Someone somewhere just paid millions for scientists to to figure out our ancestors had gum disease.
Next up, cave men cheat and touch themselves to cave drawings of boobs. What was thought for years to be highly religious symbols depicting sacred objects has found to be a simple sketch of female breasts. When questioned, scientists snickered and said, “boobies!”
Granted, I don’t wash my bed linens every week, but there’s nothing as old as Oetzi on here. BTW, using a big flatscreen TV as a monitor mitigates against getting out of bed all day.
;’) We may be alone here.
They found evidence for the presence of Treponema denticola, an opportunistic pathogen involved in the development of periodontal disease.
Guess he forgot to floss.
Probably that’s what killed him.
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