21st-century technology has enabled researchers to see the faces of people who lived more than 2,000 years ago. The scientist used the DNA taken from three ancient Egyptian mummies to create digital images of what they might have looked like in their 20s.
The animations created are based on DNA phenotyping which predicts an individual’s skin, hair, and eye color.
Parabon NanoLabs presented the reconstructed images of the Egyptians. Parabon NanoLabs, a Virginia-based company usually helps solve cold cases. NanoLabs is the first company to work with DNA phenotyping on human DNA from several years ago.
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