Dna Testing

The study places these findings within the late Middle Palaeolithic, a time marked by wide cultural diversity among Neandertal groups.

DNA test reunions now sparking inheritance battles as surprise heirs step forward

More and more people are finding their biological relatives via DNA testing, only to be pulled into an emotional and costly fight over inheritance. A recent report in the Wall Street Journal underlines how these surprise heirs are remaking estate battles and forcing families and courts to confront difficult questions of law and morality.

Advanced DNA testing helps identify remains of teen who disappeared in 1975

Patricia Agnes Gildawie was last seen in the city of Fairfax, Virginia on February 8, 1975. In September 2001, her skeletal remains were found by a construction crew.

Police in China arrest burglar using DNA from mosquito that bit him

Police in China managed to nab a burglar by analysing blood from a dead mosquito found at the scene of the crime.

Bodies of four INS Sindhurakshak sailors recovered

The Navy divers on Friday recovered the bodies of four sailors from the submarine, INS Sindhurakshak, while hopes are dim over the survival of 14 others.

Who's your daddy? DNA clinic gives answers, sparks concerns

A mobile DNA testing facility that looks more like a motor home than a medical clinic is raising questions about the ramifications of quick and easy tests to determine paternity and other biological connections.

New method detects lung infection in 500-year-old mummy

A 500-year-old frozen Incan mummy suffered bacterial lung infection at the time of its death, as revealed by a novel proteomics method in an ancient sample for the very first time.