Is this Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA? Scientists may have finally found his genetic trace on Renaissance art |
Scientists may have recovered Leonardo’s DNA from a disputed red chalk drawing, though authorship remains uncertain. Scientists studying Renaissance-era artworks and documents say they have recovered tiny traces of DNA from artefacts associated with Leonardo da Vinci, reopening questions about one of history’s most scrutinised figures through an unexpected scientific lens. Da Vinci (1452–1519) embodied…
