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  • First Ancient Egyptian Genome Sequenced: A 4,500-Year-Old Genetic Breakthrough

    First Ancient Egyptian Genome Sequenced: A 4,500-Year-Old Genetic Breakthrough

    Scientists have sequenced the first complete genome from ancient Egypt, unlocking a genetic time capsule from the age of the pyramids. A groundbreaking study by researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and Liverpool John Moores University has successfully extracted and decoded DNA from a man who lived between 4,500 and 4,800 years ago—during the formative…