Scientists at the Leonardo DNA Project say they are getting closer to reconstructing the 500-year-old DNA of Leonardo da Vinci – the famous Italian polymath of the Renaissance.

According to a recent press release, the project has genetically confirmed a da Vinci male bloodline that goes back to 1331.

The Leonardo DNA project was an ambitious plan from the start , and now, after nearly ten years, its scientists are closer than ever to achieving their main goal: to confirm da Vinci's final resting place.

If they succeed, it could open the door to sequencing the Renaissance man's genome.

The team hopes their work will allow them to "better understand [da Vinci's] extraordinary talents and visual acuity through genetic associations."

With this knowledge, scientists may even be a

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