If pyroclastic clouds from volcanoes can reach between 250 and 1000 ºC of temperature, and DNA suffers complete degradation at 190 ºC [1], I wonder how they managed to find anything to analyze here.
I wonder also how they discard the possibility of a later contamination.
I wonder also how they discard the possibility of a later contamination.
[1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236457118_Thermal_d...