WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - For many years, scientists have been extracting DNA from the bones of ancient humans, humanoids and animals to paint a picture of evolution and species movement. Despite what’s ...

Toward the end of the Ice Age, a man and child were laid to rest under a rock ledge on the Brazos River. They were placed in the fetal position and lavished with goods for a happy afterlife: red ochre ...

Researchers from Columbia University have devised a technique to procure pure DNA from the dung of animals, which eliminates the need to capture, sedate and draw blood from wild, endangered or ...

A lone sheep leg, likely discarded by hungry mine workers, lay hidden in a salt mine in Iran for over a thousand years, during which time the salinity of the surrounding environment naturally ...

Genetics might not seem to have a lot in common with birding, but the fields share one pesky little problem. Birders are wont to fight over whether someone saw what he claimed. ("It's an ivory-billed ...