WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - For many years, scientists have been extracting DNA from the bones of ancient humans, humanoids and animals to paint a picture of evolution and species movement. Despite what’s ...

Toward the end of the Ice Age, a man and child were laid to rest under a rock ledge on the Brazos River. They were placed in the fetal position and lavished with goods for a happy afterlife: red ochre ...

Both tried-and-true and new assays are helping labs to assess methylation at particular loci and from single cells. The sequence of DNA bases is not the only information in a genome; there is hidden ...