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Sampling DNA From a 1,000-Year-Old Illuminated Manuscript

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NC State English Prof Tim Stinson looks to animal DNA to discover how book production changed over time. Early manuscripts were likely made up of related animals from the same herd. But as cities like London and Paris grew, guilds sprang up to make books, bringing in parchment from all over.

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