Venkatesh Rao@vgrAncient neanderthals died of...popcorn poisoning I assume? 🤔🍿Quote TweetProf Jamie Woodward@Jamie_Woodward_·Aug 20, 2017Encrusted in calcite for >150,000 years deep inside an Italian cave - this skeleton has yielded the oldest known samples of #Neanderthal DNA5:52 AM · Aug 22, 20172 Retweets4 Likes
A. L. V.@theartlav·Aug 22, 2017Replying to @vgrThat's actually rather impressive - the skeleton has been there long enough to accumulate stuff that grows on geological times.1