By Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story CARLETON-SUR-MER, Quebec (CTV Network) — DNA analysis of a 1,600-year-old mummified sheep leg found in Iran has uncovered clues ...

Researchers Recover DNA From 1,600-Year-Old, Naturally Mummified Sheep Leg The molecules offer insights on ancient farming practices near the Chehrabad salt mine in Iran Shi En Kim - Reporter ...

By his own estimation, Mr Kuerschner has shorn about 80,000 sheep in his time, and worked with thousands more, without once seeing an extra limb. "It's a fully formed leg.

The sheep mummy was found at the ancient Iranian Chehrābād salt mine, about 230 miles from Tehran in the Zanjan Province and studied by Trinity College Dublin geneticists.