Strands of hair from member of Franklin expedition provide new clues into mystery surrounding doomed voyage
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - 08:34
in Biology & Nature
A new analysis of human hair taken from the remains of one of the members of the Franklin expedition, is providing further evidence that lead poisoning was just one of many different factors contributing to the deaths of the crew, and not the primary cause, casting new doubt on the theory that has been the subject of debate amongst scientists and historians for decades.