Triple-DNA forensics gives a name back to a Continental soldier

Claim

Triple-DNA forensics gave a name back to a Continental soldier in a shallow 1780 grave, John Pumphrey, who enlisted at thirteen, while researchers found the hobbits of Flores ate what the dragons left behind and never mastered fire.

Reporting date: 2026-07-05 (not necessarily the event date)

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