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Ancient DNA and the archaeologist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Terence A. Brown and
Keri A. Brown
Terence A. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Applied Molecular Biology, UMIST, Manschester M60 1QD
Keri A. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Applied Molecular Biology, UMIST, Manschester M60 1QD
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Out of molecular biology – the revolution of past decades in biological science – there now begins to come molecular archaeology, the study of DNA in ancient plants, animals and people to address questions of history as well as biology. Here is set out what molecular archaeology is about, how it works and what it has begun to do.

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Antiquity , Volume 66 , Issue 250 , March 1992, pp. 10 - 23
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1992

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