Researchers from the University of Maryland, College Park, may have captured ancient DNA from the Italian High Renaissance scientist and artist Leonardo da Vinci and from his family, according to the ...

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Learn about the Leonardo DNA Project and the diverse biological traces that survive on the surface of historical artifacts.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists are trying to sequence the DNA of Leonardo da Vinci to identify if the remains at his interment site really are his. The project began ...