But for years, they’ve tried—and failed—to do the same with jewelry, tools ... They spent years testing various methods to extract human DNA—left behind in skin cells or sweat—from ...

Treatment at the highest temperature released human DNA that had penetrated deeply into the tooth artifact via extensive contact when it was made or used, the researchers say. Milder solution ...

Maybe it was part of a bigger necklace that contained more of ... and place her on the human family tree. "The DNA that we recovered is closest to a population that was also present during ...

The tooth, worn as a necklace bead, probably absorbed DNA from ... led to the release of relatively large amounts of human DNA with no damage to the specimens. The team then tested the procedure ...

An analysis of bones from ancient people who once lived in Colombia has discovered DNA that does not directly connect them to ...

A unique feature of HR is that it repairs the damage to the DNA in a highly accurate way. In eukaryotic cells (those with a ...

Having worked with ancient human DNA, she wanted to study the fermenting microbe’s DNA. But “to extract genomes from these ancient samples is not trivial,” Fu says. The tiny amount of DNA ...

Scientists say they have recovered the oldest known Homo sapiens DNA from human remains found in Europe, and the information is helping to reveal our species’ shared history with Neanderthals.