Everyday DNA mutations can help us understand immune function and aging—and even mitigate harm caused by some inherited ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...

Anomalous Genetic Sequencing Anthropologists have made a genuinely startling find — 7,000-year-old mummies whose DNA bears no ...

New analytical methods developed at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have increased our ...

Archaeologists have debated the nature of this so-called Neolithic decline, but ancient DNA extracted from a collective tomb ...

Before the DNA revolution of the early 2000s, genealogy was a study dependent on records. Tracing a line of heritage could hit a dead end if documentation had gone missing or been destroyed. But as ...

Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of ...

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This volume offers recommendations for handling DNA samples, performing calculations, and other aspects of using DNA as a forensic tool. It addresses two major areas - determination of DNA profiles ...