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 ...

To amplify a DNA fragment, scientists need to expose it to a series of thermal cycles: first the fragment is heated, causing it to open up, then the temperature is lowered so that an enzyme can ...

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

A study finds DNA damage and threats to cellular health with occupational exposure of farmers and farmworkers.

Molecular evidence from a 2-million-year-old southern African hominid species indicates sex and genetic differences in P. robustus.

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

a DNA match has confirmed the identity of a person whose skull was found by children on May 11, 2018, in Clear Creek County. The skull and a nearby tooth fragment were found next to a power pole ...

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 ...

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

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 ...