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Anthropology

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1. link to Nature article ....

Sat Jul 5, 2025, 11:19 AM

Jul 5

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04052-7 Published: 27 October 2021

The title in the OP is a little misleading -- these mummies have been known for decades in some cases, it's the genetic analysis that's (fairly) new.

https://www.mpg.de/17737592/the-surprising-origins-of-the-tarim-basin-mummies

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