A riverside skeleton changed what researchers thought they knew about how the first Americans wereThe controversial Kennewick Man skeleton, initially thought to be from a separate migration due to skull morphology, was genetically linked...
21 May, 2026, 03.32 PM IST
A massive DNA discovery just rewrote everything we thought we knew about the Japanese peopleA groundbreaking DNA study has uncovered evidence of a third ancestral group contributing to Japan's population, originating from northeast...
18 May, 2026, 05.16 PM IST
In 1983, Kary Mullis imagined copying DNA while driving through California at night: the idea transformed modern genetics foreverWhile cruising through the scenic highways of California, a visionary scientist named Kary Mullis stumbled upon an extraordinary concept th...
17 May, 2026, 04.26 PM IST
Shroud of Turin DNA analysis reveals possible Indian origin for 'Jesus Christ's burial cloth'Shroud of Turin DNA Analysis: A genomic study published in Scientific Reports has revealed the presence of plant and human DNA lineages ass...
04 Apr, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
Researchers Found One of the Earliest Genetic Evidence of a Human DiseaseA 12,000-year-old burial in Italy revealed two women, not a male and female as previously thought. Genetic analysis identified one, Romito ...
11 Mar, 2026, 04.00 PM IST
Scientists Found DNA in Humans That Doesn’t Belong to Any Known AncestorRecent genetic studies reveal that early humans interbred with an unknown hominin species, adding a complex layer to our origins. These fin...
11 Mar, 2026, 03.49 PM IST
DNA Fragments in Crude Oil Are Revealing a Hidden Archive of Earth’s Ancient LifeScientists have discovered ancient DNA fragments within crude oil, offering a new way to reconstruct Earth's biological history. This groun...
04 Mar, 2026, 04.24 PM IST
The first ancient Egyptian genome is here, and it changes everything we knowScientists have unlocked the genetic code of an ancient Egyptian man. He lived near the pyramids around 4,500 years ago. The analysis revea...
27 Jul, 2025, 02.54 AM IST
Real-life Jurassic Park? Ancient rhino proteins found — dino discoveries may be comingScientists have extracted 24-million-year-old protein sequences from a rhino tooth discovered in the Canadian Arctic, surpassing the age li...
17 Jul, 2025, 01.53 AM IST
How was Rome’s most iconic fish sauce made? Scientists decode 2,000-year-old DNA to reconstruct garumScientists have unlocked the secrets of ancient Roman cuisine. They identified fish used in 'garum', a popular Roman fish sauce. DNA analys...
05 Jul, 2025, 12.38 PM IST
Three viruses found in 50,000-old Neanderthal bones still affect humans todayResearchers at Brazil's Federal University of São Paulo have discovered that Neanderthals from 50,000 years ago were infected with three vi...
23 May, 2024, 10.46 AM IST
Human's ancient gene might be related to Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosisScientists have analyzed the large database of ancient DNA of humans, concluding that the genes might lead to an increase in the probabilit...
12 Jan, 2024, 02.59 AM IST
Nobel Prize winner Svante Paabo's work: Neanderthal genome, DenisovansSvante Paabo and colleagues extracted and sequenced the first Neanderthal genome from ancient bones. He also brought to light the existence...
03 Oct, 2022, 08.21 PM IST
From the ancient ashes of Vesuvius, human DNA has been decoded for the first timeAt the time of the cataclysm, Pompeii had a population of about 12,000.
12 Jun, 2022, 09.53 AM IST
22k-yr-old fossil from China reveals long-lost panda lineageThe report, published in the journal Current Biology, shows that the ancient panda found in Cizhutuo Cave in the Guangxi Province of China ...
20 Jun, 2018, 11.49 AM IST
- Human DNA discovered in caves without skeletal remains
Washington, April 28 (IANS) An international team of researchers has successfully retrieved human DNA in cave sediments where no skeletal r...
28 Apr, 2017, 08.35 AM IST
China may have been first to domesticate chickenThe researchers obtained mitochondrial DNA sequences from up to 10,000-year-old chicken fossils originating from northern China.
30 Nov, 2014, 05.18 PM IST