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> [“Nineteen teeth from twelve sixth-century plague pits in Aschheim near Munich provided the source of the Code of Justinian. In among the ancient human DNA are the remnants of other species that loiter around our bodies. A 2013 study ground…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rutherford/nineteen-teeth-from-twelve-sixth-century-plague-pits-in-aschheim-near/)

[Adam Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rutherford/)

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