Ancient DNA in Oceania reveals hidden human evolution and health insights

A vast stretch of islands across the South Pacific holds one of the oldest human stories on Earth. For tens of thousands of ...

For the first time, ancient human DNA turns up on a Portugal cave wall

Researchers have, for the first time, recovered ancient human DNA directly from cave walls, with one key sample coming from a ...
Scientific American

Ancient cave paintings can harbor human DNA for millennia, scientists find

The breakthrough could reveal previously hidden ancient human activity inside caves, acting as ‘genetic archives’ ...

Scientists Uncover A Potentially Unique Hammerhead Population In Puerto Rico

Scientists studying Puerto Rico's shark fishery made an unexpected discovery: juvenile scalloped hammerheads being caught ...
Hyperallergic

Human DNA in Cave Paintings Can Survive For Millennia, Study Finds

Bison depicted at the Cave of Altamira in Cantabria, Spain, dated to the Upper Paleolithic period (c. 40,000–10,000 years BCE) (photo Cristian Violatti, public domain via World History Encyclopedia) ...