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Uncovering the sources of DNA found on the Turin Shroud

Gianni Barcaccia, Giulio Galla, Alessandro Achilli et al., 2015. Scientific Reports 5: 14484.

DNA from dust vacuumed from the image area and the radiocarbon edge: plants from the Mediterranean, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas, and human mitochondrial lineages typical of Western Europe, the Near East, Arabia and India. Compatible with a medieval European origin or with the cloth's traditional journey.

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What it's used for here

Evidence of centuries of handling; it cannot date the cloth.

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Barcaccia, G., Galla, G., Achilli, A., Olivieri, A., & Torroni, A. (2015). Uncovering the sources of DNA found on the Turin Shroud. Scientific Reports 5: 14484. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep14484
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