Darrell Crawford has the oldest DNA found in North America — a genetic line that was traced back a whopping 55 generations.

Scientists say they have recovered the oldest known Homo sapiens DNA from human remains found in Europe, and the information is helping to reveal our species’ shared history with Neanderthals.

Join the hunt as scientists decipher the oldest DNA ever found, and reveal for the first time the genes of long-extinct creatures that once thrived in a warm, lush Arctic.

Hunt for the Oldest DNA follows the scientists deciphering the oldest DNA ever found, and reveals for the first time the genes of long-extinct creatures that once thrived in warm, lush Arctic ...

Scientists have long agreed that early humans mated with Neanderthals, but a pair of recent studies have shed light on when exactly this DNA mixing ... by sequencing the oldest human genomes ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Ancient DNA dating to between 16,000–18,000 years ago—the oldest human DNA to be extracted in Africa so far—reveals that populations of ...

A study of dog DNA has shown that our "best friend" in the animal world may also be our oldest one ... dog genetic patterns mirror human ones, because people took their animal companions with ...