Nature

How DNA in dirt is shaking up the study of human origins

The droppings contain DNA, he thought, and perhaps, even after rain washes them away, some DNA might remain. And if it does ...

Black plague DNA found in a 4,000-year-old animal bone for the first time ever; rewriting the history of pandemics

For the first time in history, scientists were able to retrieve DNA of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of the plague, ...
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Ancient DNA study pushes back the genetic history of domestic dogs

University of Oxford researchers have helped produce what they describe as the earliest genetic evidence for domestic dogs, ...
IFLScience

Largest Analysis Of Ancient African DNA Reveals Origin Myth Was True All Along

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Ancient DNA sheds light on origins of 7,000-year-old Saharan mummies

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