Sequencing DNA from those who lived long ago Ancient DNA is a new and rapidly growing field, with a Nobel Prize awarded in 2022 to Svante Pääbo for his foundational work. Using samples taken ...

The test is unique. Not only does it extract DNA from the shaft of a mammal’s hair—previously thought to be impossible—but it ...

As such, he named the Neanderthal Thorin after the Tolkien character. “Thorin in the Hobbit is one of the last dwarf kings ...

Archaeologists found missing pieces of a sixth century vessel from the famed Sutton Hoo site, as well as the cremated human ...

By Jack Motz Noreen Furness had been reading “Dark Noon” by Tom Clavin — a book about the Pelican disaster in 1951 — when she ...

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office announced this week that a set of remains were identified through forensic DNA testing ...

Hergenrather testified on the eighth day of the Cyrus Ellerbe trial in Richland County Common Pleas Court. Ellerbe, 23, is charged with six counts of murder, eight counts of felonious assault and one ...

In the early 1980s, genetic typing was in its infancy, with researchers using restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) to detect variations in DNA sequences. 1 This method, which employed ...

It was determined through DNA analysis in August 2020 the skull fragment was related to Jeffrey Klungness' half-sister. It was confirmed in November 2021 to belong to the biological child of ...

These can be smaller than a virus—just the right size to disrupt cells and even alter DNA. Researchers find them almost everywhere they've looked, from Antarctic snow to human blood. Sanat Kumar ...

It was determined through DNA analysis in August 2020 the skull fragment was related to Jeffrey Klungness' half-sister. It was confirmed in November 2021 to belong to the biological child of ...