What did our ancient ancestors look like?
The color of the eyes and hair of ancestors dead for hundreds of years can now be revealed from their DNA alone, researchers say.These findings suggest investigators not only can uncover new details from centuries-old human remains, but can also help identify crime victims, scientists added.
By comparing genomes across thousands of people, researchers identified genetic variations at 24 different points in the human genome that are linked with eye and hair colors, which past studies used to help determine the appearance of people who had died relatively recently. Now a team of researchers from Poland and the Netherlands have developed this system further to reveal the appearance of people long dead.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/01/15/what-did-our-ancient-ancestors-look-like/#ixzz2I91LfBWm
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