Shroud of Turin DNA sheds light on its biological history

New research has uncovered the complex biological history preserved within DNA traces found on the Shroud of Turin, offering ...
Newsweek

Ancient DNA Unveils 10,000 Years of Human History in Southern Africa

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Researchers have reconstructed ancient human genomes from southernmost ...
BioTechniques

Rewriting the history of Pompeii with ancient DNA analysis

Ancient DNA provides an insight into Pompeii life and its residents, contradicting what we thought we knew about the small Roman town. Nearly 2000 years ago, Mount Vesuvius (Campania, Italy) erupted ...
insider.si.edu

Truth machine the contentious history of DNA fingerprinting Michael Lynch, Simon A. Cole, Ruth McNally, and Kathleen Jordan

nmahmai copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. A revolution in forensic science? -- Interlude A : DNA profiling techniques -- A techno-legal controversy -- Interlude B : Admissibility, ...
The Conversation

DNA says you’re related to a Viking, a medieval German Jew or a 1700s enslaved African? What a genetic match really means

A genetic match to an ancient person doesn’t mean you’re more related genealogically. Mark Edward Atkinson/Tetra Images via Getty Images But what type of a relationship with a medieval person does a ...
MIT Technology Review

The short, strange history of gene de-extinction

Researchers are moving DNA information from past species to living ones. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox ...