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The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

Since the mapping of the human genome in 2003, synthetic biology has reached a new milestone. British researchers are now ...

Scientists just sequenced the first sea spider genome, uncovering genetic clues to limb growth, regeneration, and ancient ...

Researchers sequenced ancient Egyptian DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton, revealing genetic links between early Egypt and ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full ...