Powerful new applications of what is known as next-generation sequencing are now helping with identification of degraded ...

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the ...

Akihiko Yamamoto recently connected with his American sister, Sharon Lovell, whom he never knew existed. For most of his life ...

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...

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More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Using an inexpensive electrode coated with DNA, MIT researchers have designed disposable diagnostics that could be adapted to ...

A multidisciplinary team of researchers, including archaeologists, have analyzed the DNA of fish remains from Roman fish ...

One month ago, three young sisters were found dead near a Washington state campground. Blood found on the scene links the ...

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

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More than 30 million people globally have done a family history DNA test, but few realise this multi-billion dollar ...