blog posts DNA in tobacco pipes, artifacts could connect people to enslaved ancestors Mar 14, 2019 12:30 pm by Capital Gazette (Annapolis, MD)Illinois in the News Share on Facebook Tweet Email Images Capital Gazette (March 13) The items were sent to Illinois for analysis. 'Having the opportunity to recover (ancient) DNA from tobacco pipes a few hundred years old was a unique challenge,' says Professor Ripan Malhi Share on Facebook Tweet Email