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Medieval Parchment Yields Ancient Sheeppox DNA
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Scientists extracted DNA from medieval parchment, finding 21 sheeppox virus genomes dating from 1700 BCE to 1917 CE. The study, published in Science Advances, reconstructed over 3,500 years of virus evolution.
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