World's Oldest Genome Sequenced From 700,000-Year-Old Horse DNA

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

Spiders inspire biologists to create artificial webs to capture airborne DNA for biodiversity monitoring

The global crisis of diminishing biological diversity is challenging our current ability to monitor changes in ecosystems.
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Swedish Researchers Extract Ancient Scandinavians' DNA From a 10,000-Year-Old 'Chewing Gum'

Swedish Researchers Extract Ancient Scandinavians' DNA From a 10,000-Year-Old 'Chewing Gum' Advanced technology has finally allowed experts to analyze DNA from a chewed-up birch bark in Sweden, ...

6,300-year-old 'gum' yields DNA clues to Neolithic life

A University of Copenhagen team analysed thirty tar lumps from nine Alpine lake settlements, detecting male DNA on tool ...
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U.S. Marshals extract DNA that could help renew search for escaped inmate Lester Eubanks

CLEVELAND (WEWS) — U.S. Marshals announced that after 60 years investigators were able to extract DNA from escaped inmate Lester Eubanks’ clothes and enter it into the Combined DNA Index System.