Current Topics in Ancient DNA Research |
Sluggish tuatara fastest in DNA evolution
From The New Zealand Herald4 March, 2008 They are slow to grow, slow to reproduce and have a sluggish metabolism. But tuatara have broken records for DNA evolution, a discovery that has astonished New Zealand scientists. Read More... |
What's the story with...eye color?
From The Herald11 February, 2008 It has been a staple of countless cheesy discos and weddings for more than 30 years but now researchers have discovered that Crystal Gayle's song Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue was on to something after all: brown eyes did, indeed, turn blue sometime between 6000 and 10,000 years ago. Read More... |
Mystery: Who left the bones in the woods?
From CNN.com10 January, 2008 The woods off Arcadia Street in Fort Myers for years concealed an unmarked graveyard, police say. Eight sets of human remains were found in these woods last March. Read More... |
Red-haired Neandertals?
From CNN.com26 October, 2007 The image of Neandertals may need a revision: scientists say at least some of these extinct hominids could have had fair skin and red hair. Read More... |
Probing Ancient Shipwrecks with DNA
From World Science15 October, 2007 Studying an ancient Greek shipwreck, scientists say, they’ve found they can decode ancient DNA to learn about the original contents of jars sunken for over 2,000 years. Read More... |