200k-year-old hand art found near a Tibetan hot spring

Re:200k-year-old hand art found near a Tibetan hot spring by mycoborea on Friday September 24, 2021 @07:21PM (#28648892)

Any chance they could recover some DNA?

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Re:200k-year-old hand art found near a Tibetan hot spring by Kibae on Friday September 24, 2021 @11:41PM (#28650302)

> A study of DNA extracted from the leg bones of extinct moa birds in New Zealand found that the half-life of DNA is 521 years. [1]

So at most ~5.6% of DNA could have survived. It would be interesting if researchers would be able to detect a fraction of that amount, but it seems implausible.

[1] https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/how-long-does-dn... | https://archive.is/S39fv

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