Dna Testing Of Sitting Bull S Hair Confirms A 73 Year Old The great grandson of the legendary lakota sioux chief sitting bull has been confirmed as his closest living relative using an innovative new dna technique applied to hair taken from the native. The discovery was made by testing a one inch piece of sitting bull’s hair through a new sequencing method that, the scientists said, made it possible for the first time to confirm kinship using.
Dna Testing Of Sitting Bull S Hair Confirms A 73 Year Old A sample of hair belonging to the legendary 19th century native american leader sitting bull has allowed scientists to confirm that a south dakota man is his great grandson. scientists took dna. Dna confirms south dakota man is great grandson of sitting bull 01:50. a lock of hair from legendary lakota chief sitting bull's head had been stored for over a century in washington's smithsonian. Correspondent. november 1, 2021. dna analysis of a lock of hair taken from sitting bull confirms that a south dakota man is the lakota leader's great grandson. smithsonian institution. for decades. Now, researchers have used badly fragmented dna from sitting bull’s scalp lock—a short braid kept for ceremonial purposes—to confirm that a sioux man from south dakota is the storied chief’s great grandson. but the work, more than 10 years in the making, has raised questions among scientists who worry about how indigenous data are used.
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