The only way to know what this ancient DNA did is to bring it back to life.

The study of ancient DNA is still in its troubled youth.

There wouldn't even be a field of ancient DNA as we know it without him."

Shapiro's work has centered on the analysis of ancient DNA.

Such damage is a problem when dealing with ancient DNA samples.

This has been supplemented and refined by analysis of ancient DNA.

These hypotheses appear to be corroborated by more direct evidence from ancient DNA.

They've used a new technique to limit the errors in the sequencing of ancient DNA.

They noted that direct evidence from ancient DNA may be needed to resolve these gene flows.

Genetics, in particular the study of ancient DNA.

"What we're able to do with ancient DNA is really look at evolution," says Cooper.

Subsequent studies on ancient DNA tested the hypothesis.

Ancient DNA has confirmed the connection with kurgan burials directly.

Ancient DNA sequence analyses of the original type specimens would be necessary to resolve the remaining questions.

The importance of radiocarbon dating for ancient DNA studies.

The potential sources of ancient DNA multiplied overnight.

Reconstructing ancient DNA sequences is one thing, cloning them is quite another.

These were essentially identical to the specimens in which some American scientists had said they found ancient DNA.

The quest for ancient DNA has prompted controversy as well as immense excitement.

Some are looking for ancient DNA, while others will analyze the dodo bones to get clues to their diet.

Working with ancient DNA is extremely difficult, because most bones from archaeological sites have been carelessly handled.

Greater certainty about chronology may be obtained from studies of ancient DNA (see below) but so far these have been comparatively few.

In addition, as ancient DNA from museum specimens was used extensively, the possibility of ghost lineages must be considered.

The evidence from ancient DNA suggests that the Neolithic culture spread by human migration.

Ancient DNA was extracted from 31 bone remains from Tafughalt.