Sentences with phrase «analyzing ancient proteins»
Now, using a novel technique based on analyzing ancient proteins, archaeologists have reconstructed the contents of these vessels to conclude that the individual likely died from Crimean - Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), a severe tick - borne disease that still kills people across the world today.
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In a paper published August 17, 2017 in the journal PLOS ONE, an international team of researchers, led by Director Nicole Boivin of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, used new techniques to analyze ancient DNA and proteins from 496 bone samples from 22 island, coastal and inland sites in eastern Africa.
The researchers thus applied a variety of standard and cutting - edge techniques to analyze both the bones and their ancient DNA and proteins, and undertook radiocarbon dating of the samples.