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Ancient genome stirs ethics debate

Sequencing of DNA from Native American ‘Clovis boy’ forces researchers to rethink handling of tribal remains.

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Callaway, E. Ancient genome stirs ethics debate. Nature 506, 142–143 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/506142a

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