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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
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  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.

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