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DNA From Jefferson's Hair Confirms He Fathered Two of Sally Hemings' Children

New genome reconstruction from an authenticated lock of Jefferson's hair settles a long paternity debate.

Smithsonian Team Says Reconstructed Jefferson Genome Shows He Fathered Hemings’ Children

Ancient 'American Cheetah' Is a Puma Relative, Genomes Show

17th-Century Teen Found With Padlock on Toe and Sickle at Throat Points to Anti‑demonic Burial Practices

Study Confirms 17th-Century Polish Grave Was Treated with Anti‑Vampiric Measures

Ancient DNA Shows Adults and Children Buried Together in Medieval Sweden Were Rarely Close Kin

Yukon Squirrel Coprolites Yield 700,000‑Year Environmental DNA

Frozen Squirrel Poop Yields 700,000-Year Archive of Ice‑Age DNA

Researchers Describe Tiny 'Sesame' Sea Slug From Northern Taiwan

DNA Study Ties Maryland’s First Colonists to 1.3 Million Living Relatives

DNA Identifies Four More Sailors From Franklin’s 1845 Arctic Expedition

DNA Links Alcatraz Coyote to Angel Island After Two-Mile Swim

Deep-Sea ‘Golden Orb’ Identified as Cuticle From Relicanthus daphneae

NOAA Solves ‘Golden Orb’ Mystery as Remnant of Giant Deep-Sea Anemone

New DNA Study Finds Indian Lineage Signal on the Shroud of Turin

Appeals Court Says Paternity Between Identical Twins Cannot Be Proven

Ancient DNA Pushes Dog Domestication Back to the Late Ice Age

Study of 5,500-Year-Old Gotland Graves Finds Co-Burials Were Often Extended Kin

Fukushima Pig–Boar Study Finds Maternal Lineage Speeds Hybrid Turnover

New DNA Study Finds Beachy Head Woman Was Local to Roman-Era Southern England