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  • 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
    Pipe stem and bowl found in Belvois, MD

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    • Pipe stem and bowl found in Belvois, MD

    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