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There's a newer[1] technique called paleoproteomics that work by looking for remnants of known proteins in bones, storage containers, cave dirt etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_protein#Palaeoproteomi...

[1] heh



Nice. But IIRC not all DNA code for proteins, so some of it would remain unrecoverable by this method.




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