Kristine Killgrove, an archaeologist from Vanderbilt University, wants to tell the story of the common people of ancient Rome by sequencing their DNA, and she is raising donations to do it. "Their DNA will tell me where these people, who aren't in histories, were coming from," she says. "They were quite literally the 99% of Rome." Click here to read more of the story on CNN.
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11/12/2011: Who were the 99% of ancient Rome?
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