Scientists sequenced the DNA of the 'last Neanderthal'—and it alters human history

Discover new clues about how our ancient relatives disappeared from time.
Nature

How DNA in dirt is shaking up the study of human origins

The droppings contain DNA, he thought, and perhaps, even after rain washes them away, some DNA might remain. And if it does ...
KQED

Oldest Sequenced Genome From 45,000-Year-Old DNA

In a spectacular bit of science, a group of scientists has sequenced the DNA from the femur of a man who died 45,000 years ago. The femur they studied is over 20 times older than this 2000 year old ...

Europe's Late Neanderthals descended from a single population, DNA analysis suggests

A study incorporating new DNA data and archaeological evidence has shown that the last Neanderthals in Europe experienced a ...
Ars Technica

How can you write data to DNA without changing the base sequence?

Zettabytes—that’s 10 21 bytes—of data are currently generated every year. All of those cat videos have to be stored somewhere, and DNA is a great storage medium; it has amazing data density and is ...