New tests show that a skull long thought to be Adolf Hitler‘s is not the Nazi dictator’s, casting doubt on the long-held notion that he committed suicide in his bunker as Allied forces closed in on him, according to scientists.
Scientists at the University of Connecticut analyzed DNA from the bullet-pierced skull that was secretly preserved for decades by Soviet intelligence forces and determined it was from a woman around 40 years old, according to the British newspaper The Guardian. The results of the testing were also reported in a History Channel documentary, “Hitler’s Escape.”
“The bone seemed very thin; male bone tends to be more robust,” said UConn archaeologist Nick Bellantoni. “And the sutures where the skull plates come together seemed to correspond to someone under 40.”
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