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As far as my knowledge in both Biology and geology goes, no. Only living or dead things can have DNA. Rocks are non-living. Non-living and dead may sound similar, but they are two completely different things. Non living things have never lived. Dead things have lived, but are not longer living.

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If any physical evidence of bodily hair, skin or secretions were left on the rock, yes.

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