No human remains were found in the tomb, and so no ancient DNA studies will be possible, Wegner says. The tomb’s location, massive size, and hieroglyphic inscriptions written in plaster on ...

The condition of the fossil made it impossible to study ancient DNA. But recently, scientists in Taiwan, Japan and Denmark were able to extract some protein sequences from the incomplete jawbone.

The Old Crow mammoth's DNA was in the oldest group of samples in the analysis, described as "deep-time DNA," but it wasn't the oldest. The oldest DNA, from Russia, was around 1.3 million years old.

The condition of the fossil made it impossible to study ancient DNA. But recently, scientists in Taiwan, Japan and Denmark were able to extract some protein sequences from the incomplete jawbone.

But exactly which species of early human ancestor it belonged to remained a mystery. The condition of the fossil made it impossible to study ancient DNA. But recently, scientists in Taiwan, Japan and ...

Nada Salem, a PhD student with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, led the study, shedding light on a new chapter of the human story. Ancient DNA reveals a group that survived in ...