By analyzing DNA with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden has developed a method that can accurately date up to ten-thousand year-old human remains. The standard dating method since the 1950s has been radiocarbon dating however, the technology is not always completely reliable in terms of accuracy.
The method is called Temporal Population Structure (TPS) and can be used to date genomes that are up to 10,000 years old. In the study, the research team analyzed approximately 5,000 human remains – from the Late Mesolithic period (10,000–8,000 BC) to modern times. All the studied samples could be dated with a rarely seen accuracy.
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