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  • DNA from 200-year-old pipe links enslaved woman to Sierra Leone

    Mar 21, 2019 11:45 am by SmithsonianIllinois in the News
    the Bolvier clay pipe that was tested for DNA

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    • the Bolvier clay pipe that was tested for DNA

    Smithsonian (March 19) Non-human artifacts do not typically yield much in the way of useable human DNA, but clay is porous, allowing liquids like saliva and blood to be easily absorbed.