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>The corpse had been placed intact in a large circular clay pot without embalming or mummification, which were not standard practice at the time, and then installed inside a cliff tomb, which accounts for the comparatively good level of conservation of the skeleton and its DNA. This special mortuary treatment suggests that the individual had a relatively higher social status. However his skeleton revealed important muscoloskeletal stress suggesting intense physical labor, with characteristics possibly consistent with the professional activity of a potter
>The DNA was extracted from the cementum at the root of a tooth, an excellent source for DNA preservation. Shotgun sequencing was used, giving full coverage across the whole genome
>Genetic ancestry of the Nuwayrat genome ●: a) PCA of present-day worldwide populations, with projection of the Old Kingdom Egyptian genome from Nuwayrat (NUE001). b) PCA of present-day populations from North Africa and West Asia, with projection of ancient North African and West Asian genomes