First discovered in 2010, the ‘Red Lady of El Mirón’ is an ochre-coated skeleton that provides a glimpse into human life ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

“This is a very exciting paper because it shows that it is possible to extract ancient human DNA from samples of human bone and teeth from Africa dating back to the last 20,000 years. What is equally ...

Traditional DNA extraction methods often struggled with ... has revealed a rich history of admixture between early modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans 6. aDNA has facilitated the study ...

Approximately 19,000 years ago, during the era of hunter-gatherers, a woman passed away and was buried in a cave in Cantabria ...

Current extraction protocols often break the DNA molecules into small fragments ... or roughly the size of a human hair. The fluid flow distorts coiled DNA into elongated shapes, enabling the ...

"This initiative is a critical step toward providing long-awaited closure for a family who has suffered the loss of a loved ...

Regions of DNA that do not code for proteins may also be considered genes if they produce noncoding RNA with biological functions. Protein-coding versus noncoding genes When deciding the number of ...

Each cell with a nucleus contains chromosomes, which are made from DNA Human body cells each contain 23 pairs of chromosomes, half of which are from each parent. So, human gametes (eggs and sperm ...

The extraction of genetic material from archaeological remains, known as ancient DNA, is helping scientists ... our planet and understand the impact of human activities. Through her work, Shapiro ...

Current extraction protocols often break the DNA molecules into small fragments ... or roughly the size of a human hair. The fluid flow distorts coiled DNA into elongated shapes, enabling the ...