The use of high-throughput Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) techniques in the field of ancient DNA research has been essential for reconstructing the genomes of ancient or extinct organisms.

Dec 19, 2025 · Ancient DNA now regularly makes headlines, from attempts to recreate mammoth-like elephants, to tracing hundreds of thousands of years of human presence in parts of the …

Jul 20, 2025 · In the 1980s, researchers began isolating ancient DNA—genetic material preserved in the remains of people who lived tens of thousands of years ago. At first, it was crude and …

Sep 18, 2025 · Since 2012, geneticist David Reich and his team of researchers have been studying DNA from living and ancient people to probe mysteries surrounding the origins of …

Jul 22, 2025 · Scientists seek ancient DNA in various preserved remains, with bones and teeth being common sources. The petrous bone, a dense part of the skull, is particularly rich in …

In 2010, geneticists in Denmark passed a remarkable milestone. Extracting fragments of DNA from 4,000-year-old strands of hair from Greenland that had been stored in a Copenhagen …

Ancient DNA refers to DNA recovered from biological samples that have not been preserved for later use, offering a direct approach to analyzing the history of life. It allows researchers to …

Sep 11, 2025 · Learn what ancient DNA is, how scientists analyze it, and how you can explore your own ancestral roots through ancient genome connections.

The progress in ancient DNA has been marked by mileposts such as the first extinct animal's DNA, the first human DNA, the first bone DNA, the oldest DNA, the first Neanderthal …

Feb 11, 2021 · This Primer provides an overview of concepts and state-of-the-art methods underlying ancient DNA analysis and illustrates the diversity of resulting applications.