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"path": "/2026/05/09/more-men-from-franklins-fatal-1845-expedition-identified/",
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"textContent": "Researchers have identified four more members of Sir John Franklin’s 1845 expedition, one of whom was the subject of great debate lasting for more than a century. Anthropologists from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo led the work that analyzed DNA samples extracted from skeletal remains and found matches with DNA donated […]",
"title": "More Men from Franklin’s Fatal 1845 Expedition Identified"
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