Anthropologists were quick to recognize the potential of new techniques in molecular
biology to provide additional lines of evidence on questions long investigated in …

The use of ancient DNA (aDNA) in the reconstruction of population origins and evolution is
becoming increasingly common. The resultant increase in number of samples and …

Few aspects of molecular anthropology (ie, the application of molecular genetic methods to
questions of anthropological interest) have excited as much public or professional interest …

Roughly 50% of the primate genome consists of mobile, repetitive DNA sequences such as
Alu and LINE1 elements. The causes and evolutionary consequences of mobile element …

Although the first ancient DNA molecules were extracted more than three decades ago, the
first ancient nuclear genomes could only be characterized after high-throughput sequencing …

The past few years have witnessed a revolution in our ability to obtain DNA from ancient
humans. This important new data has added to our knowledge from archaeology and …

The survival of DNA, the most informative biological molecule, for periods of at least several
thousand years in bone was demonstrated more than four years ago. However, difficulties …

Ancient DNA has been discovered in many types of preserved biological material, including
bones, mummies, museum skins, insects in amber and plant fossils, and has become an …

Museum curators and living communities are sometimes reluctant to permit ancient DNA
(aDNA) studies of human skeletal remains because the extraction of aDNA usually requires …

The Pacific region provides unique opportunities to study human evolution including through
analyses of ancient DNA. While some of the earliest studies involving ancient DNA from …