Anthropologists debate on Columbus' origin

By Associated Press

May 21, 2021 12:59 am

MADRID: Was Christopher Columbus really from Genoa in Italy? Or was he Spanish? Or, as some other theories have it, was he Portuguese or Croatian or even Polish? A definitive answer to the question of where the famous explorer came from could be just five months away as international scientists on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) launched an effort to read the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from his remains and identify his geographic origin.

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