Two century hunt for legendary Copernicus's tomb is over

November 20th, 2008 in Biology /

DNA studies on two strands of hair and a tooth have ended a centuries old hunt for the tomb Nicolas Copernicus, the 16th century astronomer who shocked the world by declaring that the Earth was not the centre of the Universe, experts said Thursday.

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