DNA reveals Greenland's lush past
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Ancient DNA samples show that southern Greenland was teeming with insect and plant life 450,00 years ago.
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Researchers in Iceland have discovered a region in the human genome that, among Europeans, appears to promote fertility, and maybe longevity as well.
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The miniature people found to have lived on an Indonesian island until 13,000 years ago have shaken up views of the human past.
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Scientists with the Genographic Project create a huge database of DNA information to track the path of human movement across the globe.
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Scientists drilling ice cores in Greenland have recovered what appear to be plant remains from nearly 3km (two miles) below the surface.
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Researchers have reconstructed a long string of genetic code for what they believe is the common ancestor of placental mammals - a shrewlike creature that lived in Asia more than 75 million years ago.
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Scientists have pinpointed mutations in an ancient protein that transformed its shape and function more than 400 million years ago.
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A new DNA analysis indicates that the parasites  accompanied their human hosts in the original peopling of the Americas, probably as early as 15,000 years ago.
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A close-up view of the human genome reveals its innermost workings to be far more complex than first thought.
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Using computer programs,scientists have suceeded in reconstructing the DNA of a creature that lived at the time of the dinosaurs more than 75 million years ago, a small, furry nocturnal animal that was the common ancestor of all placental mammals
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Description: Researchers report this week that they have found the remains of a group of small hominids that may be a new species of human -- one that may have existed on an island near Indonesia as late as 14,000 years ago.
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Science & environment: Â· Scientists shed new light on disputed skeleton findÂ· Bone analysis supports distinct species theory
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Researchers say a new programme could help create a DNA database of all life on Earth, ever.
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Evidence is mounting that    the time-weathered red planet was once a warm and water-rich world. And a Mars    awash with water gives rise to that globe possibly being fit for habitation    in its past - and perhaps a distant dwelling for life today.
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Computer engineers could - in theory at least - reconstruct the genes of an animal that lived more than 75 million years ago. No DNA could possibly survive that long, but forensic scientists now routinely
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Scientists plan to map the DNA of 1,000 people worldwide to examine human genetic variation
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Norwegian scientists report finding a  treasure trove  of fossils belonging to giant sea reptiles that once roamed the Arctic sea about 150 million years ago.Comment