Researchers from Aalborg University, including Nadieh de Jonge, Cino Pertoldi and Jeppe Lund Nielsen from the Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, collaborated with other institutions to study a 2,900-year-old clay brick from the palace of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II. The team extracted DNA from the brick and identified 34 distinct taxonomic groups of plants. The research could be applied to other archaeological sources of clay to identify past flora and fauna. "This research project is a perfect example of the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in science," says Dr Sophie Lund Rasmussen, joint first author of the paper. (Summary provided by Infomedia) Sources: India Education Diary, 15-09-2023