One of the leaders of the project, Eske Willerslev, pioneered methods for pulling DNA out of sediment while he was a graduate student at the University of Copenhagen.

该项目的领导者之一埃斯克·威勒斯列夫在哥本哈根大学读研究生时，就开创了从沉积物中提取DNA的方法。

But, with the latest technology, Eske Willerslev of the University of Cambridge said researchers were able to get genetic information out of the small, damaged pieces of DNA.

但是，剑桥大学的埃斯克·威勒斯列夫表示，借助最新的技术，研究人员能够从受损的DNA小片段中提取遗传信息。