a key character is sir george yardley, who introduced the rule of law to jamestown in 1619, a decade d because of starvation and cannibalism. now, after years of searching, archaeologists think they've found sir george's remains. jane 0'brien has more. 400 yea rs 400 years old and the sky is looking pretty good. just as well, because those bones are needed to provide the dna that will hopefully confirm what everybody here thinks, that this is sir george yardley. what i am interested in doing is getting a bone or to its ample to take away to do dna analyses. i want to analyse dna from the skeleton to see if it matches that of a known relative. to check him out myself i have to provide my dna as a control. all you need to do is breeze on the remains and you put your dna all over it. i am really worried about contamination. i want you to spit up to that line. it will take you longer. that is a lot. it will take you a long time to do. it has a buffer in it that will keep the dna nice and happy and i will take it back to do an analysis. nice and happy and i will take it back to do an analy

a key character is sir george yardley, who introduced the rule of law to jamestown in 1619 — a decadeon and cannibalism. now, after years of searching, archaeologists think they've found sir george's remains. jane 0'brien has more. 400 years old and this guy is looking pretty good. just as well, because those bones are needed to provide the dna that will hopefully confirm what everybody here thinks, that this is sir george yardley. what i am interested in doing is getting a bone or tooth sample to take away to do dna analyses. i want to analyse dna from the skeleton to see if it matches that of a known relative. to check him out myself i have to provide my dna as a control. all you need to do is breathe on the remains and you put your dna all over it. i am really worried about contamination. i want you to spit up to that line. it will take you longer. that is a lot. it will take you a long time to do. it has a buffer in it that will keep the dna nice and happy and i will take it back to do an analysis. i am going to do this over here. take your time. once we are tested and suited up w

this is where sir george yardley presided over the first general assembly that established the rule of representative government. but there is a dark side to the story, because sir george was also one of the first english slaveholders in the colonies. when george yardley set foot injamestown in the summer of 1610, the colony was on the brink of collapse, barely 60 settlers had survived the winter and some had resorted to cannibalism. a decade later, sir george was in charge of a settlement that offered rich rewards. in 1619, they also managed to get hold of the first enslaved africans who arrived in this colony, which was about the same time as the general assembly, and sir george became one of the largest of the slave owners. there are 1000 other graves at jamestown, each with a story to tell. and with every discovery emerges a more complete history of the origins of modern america. doing well be on the call of duty! almost 200 injured and many killed in the wildfires near athens. much more news and analysis on our website. and you can reach me on twitter. thank you for watching. hell

this is where sir george yardley presided over the first general assembly which established the rule k side to the story because sir george was also one of the first english save —— slaveholders and the colles. when he first arrived here the colony was on the brink of collapse. barely 60 settlers had survived the winter and some had resorted to cannibalism bobbed decade later and took george was in charge of a settlement that offered rewards. in 6019 they also managed to get hold of the first enslaved africans who arrived in the colony which was about the same time as the general assembly and sir george became one of the largest of the slave owners. there are 1000 other graves at jamestown, each with a story to tell and with every discovery emerges a more complete history of the origins of modern america. you know what saved jamestown? tell me. it was tobacco. a p pa re ntly jamestown? tell me. it was tobacco. apparently the native indians smoked tobacco apparently the native indians smoked to ba cco for apparently the native indians smoked tobacco for thousands of years but the engli