Ancient DNA and paleogenetics: risks and potentiality

Ancient DNA from Human and Animal

Research on ancient DNA (aDNA) has the potential to enable molecular biologists and archeologists to decipher certain aspects of history by direct looking into the past. However, several major problems in this field limit the applicability of aDNA studies, most importantly contamination with modern DNA and postmortem DNA degradation. In this study we extracted and analyzed aDNA obtained from ~3...

ancient dna from human and animal

research on ancient dna (adna) has the potential to enable molecular biologists and archeologists to decipher certain aspects of history by direct looking into the past. however, several major problems in this field limit the applicability of adna studies, most importantly contamination with modern dna and postmortem dna degradation. in this study we extracted and analyzed adna obtained from ~3...

Ancient DNA and human history.

We review studies of genomic data obtained by sequencing hominin fossils with particular emphasis on the unique information that ancient DNA (aDNA) can provide about the demographic history of humans and our closest relatives. We concentrate on nuclear genomic sequences that have been published in the past few years. In many cases, particularly in the Arctic, the Americas, and Europe, aDNA has ...

Ancient and modern environmental DNA.

DNA obtained from environmental samples such as sediments, ice or water (environmental DNA, eDNA), represents an important source of information on past and present biodiversity. It has revealed an ancient forest in Greenland, extended by several thousand years the survival dates for mainland woolly mammoth in Alaska, and pushed back the dates for spruce survival in Scandinavian ice-free refugi...

Extraction and Analysis of Ancient DNA from Human Remains of Masjede Kabood Burial Site