New York Times
An international team of scientists has identified a previously shadowy human group known as the Denisovans as cousins to Neanderthals who lived in Asia from roughly 400,000 to 50,000 years ago and interbred with the ancestors of today’s inhabitants of New Guinea.
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Posted in Ancient DNA
UPI.com
BOSTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) — U.S. researchers say an explosion of new genes more than 3 billion years ago created about a quarter of today’s DNA blueprint of all life.
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Stourbridge News UK
POLICE in Kingswinford are taking a high-tech approach to tackling Christmas crime by using new DNA technology.
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Posted in New ID Technologies
Los Angeles Times
We have seen repeatedly that DNA can shed light on wrongful convictions. To date, about 250 people who were wrongly convicted have been exonerated because of DNA evidence that was reexamined after they were pronounced guilty. But we are a long way from a system that grants fair access to DNA testing.
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WDBJ 7.com
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Marshall University Forensic Science Center has received a commendation for training forensic analysts from the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department.
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Posted in DNA Education
My Fox Philly.com
$37K In Rewards Now Posted; 154 DNA Swabs Taken
PHILADELPHIA – City officials are offering $37,000 in rewards to help find a man who has killed twice and perhaps a third time, but they’re trying to discourage vigilante justice.
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