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Somerton Man Mystery May Have Finally Been Solved Using DNA From His Death Mask

IFLScience, 2022. IFLScience.

A 2022 news article on the identification of the Somerton Man by DNA taken from hair in his plaster death mask.

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The inquiry-framework survey cites it as a case solved by a new instrument applied to old physical evidence.

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IFLScience (2022). Somerton Man Mystery May Have Finally Been Solved Using DNA From His Death Mask. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/somerton-man-mystery-may-have-finally-been-solved-using-dna-from-his-death-mask-64614
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