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Scientists Discover Evidence Of Unknown ‘Ghost Population’ Of Humans That Lived Half A Million Years Ago

Scientists Discover Evidence Of Unknown ‘Ghost Population’ Of Humans That Lived Half A Million Years Ago

Scientists have discovered a ghost population of ancient humans that lived in Africa around 500,000 years ago, after finding DNA evidence in modern humans, reported The Guardian. Researchers stumbled upon the unknown species after studying the genomes of West African populations. They found that up to one-fifth of the population’s DNA could not be accounted […]

4y ago

Ancestry DNA Kits Put Military Personnel, Operations At Security Risk, Pentagon Warns

Ancestry DNA Kits Put Military Personnel, Operations At Security Risk, Pentagon Warns

The Pentagon warned military service personnel that using home ancestry DNA testing kits poses security risks, not only to service members but to military operations as well, Yahoo News reported. Commercial ancestry DNA testing kits, such as those available via 23 and Me and similar companies, are more popular than ever, partially due to their […]

4y ago

Arkansas Woman Claims Hunter Biden Fathered Her Child, DNA Test Confirms ‘With Scientific Certainty’

Arkansas Woman Claims Hunter Biden Fathered Her Child, DNA Test Confirms ‘With Scientific Certainty’

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, may have been in his fair share of headlines over the past few months as he related to President Donald Trump‘s impeachment inquiry, but on Wednesday. it was revealed that he has been confirmed as the father of an Arkansas woman’s child, according to court filings. According […]

4y ago

Colorado Doctor Paul Jones Accused Of Impregnating Women With His Own Sperm, Busted By Commercial DNA Tests

Colorado Doctor Paul Jones Accused Of Impregnating Women With His Own Sperm, Busted By Commercial DNA Tests

A Colorado gynecologist is accused in a lawsuit of having used his own sperm to father at least six children, and potentially dozens or even hundreds more, after promising couples that they would be given sperm from anonymous donors, CBS News reports. Dr. Paul Jones is 80-years-old and still has a license to practice medicine […]

4y ago

Elizabeth Warren Reportedly Deleted Tweet Showing DNA Test Results

Elizabeth Warren Reportedly Deleted Tweet Showing DNA Test Results

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has reportedly deleted the tweet that announced the results of her DNA test. The Massachusetts Senator, who, over the course of her career, claimed to possess Native American heritage, was revealed in a study by Stanford University professor Carlos Bustamante to possess between 1/64 to 1/1024 Native American ancestry, FOX […]

4y ago

The Loch Ness Monster Might Actually Be A Giant Eel, Say Biologists

The Loch Ness Monster Might Actually Be A Giant Eel, Say Biologists

The Loch Ness monster, the mythical beast that has been the Holy Grail of cryptozoologists for decades, may be nothing more than exceptionally-large eels, BBC News reports. The most famous photo of “Nessie,” as the mythical beast has come to be called, the so-called “Surgeon’s photograph” of 1934, has been revealed as a hoax. What’s […]

4y ago

California Fire Fallout: Public Confused By, May Mistrust Government As DNA Samples Wanted To ID Victims

California Fire Fallout: Public Confused By, May Mistrust Government As DNA Samples Wanted To ID Victims

Following the devastation of the California wildfires, authorities are seeking DNA samples from relatives of those who are missing in order to identify victims. However, the number of people who are coming forward to provide these DNA samples only number around 60 at the last time of reporting, as AP News speculates that “confusion and […]

5y ago

After Nearly 50 Years, Harvard Grad Student Murder Is Solved Using New DNA Technology

After Nearly 50 Years, Harvard Grad Student Murder Is Solved Using New DNA Technology

Thanks to advances in DNA technology, more cold case crimes are being solved. Now, a 50-year-old case involving a Harvard grad student has been solved thanks to help from advances in DNA technology. Jane Britton, 23, was raped, beaten, and strangled to death in 1969 in her apartment located near Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. […]

5y ago

Backstreet Boys Announce World Tour & New Album ‘DNA’ For 2019

Backstreet Boys Announce World Tour & New Album ‘DNA’ For 2019

Fans of The Backstreet Boys woke up this morning to some exciting news as the band roars into 2019. The popular singing group announced that they will head out on a world tour in support of their 10th studio album titled DNA, which will be released on January 25, 2019. The new album includes songs […]

5y ago

Darold Wayne Bowden, A Serial Rapist, Was Caught Through Same DNA Testing That Caught Golden State Killer

Darold Wayne Bowden, A Serial Rapist, Was Caught Through Same DNA Testing That Caught Golden State Killer

In Fayetteville, North Carolina, a man has been arrested in connection to a series of six rapes using the same DNA testing that caught the Golden State Killer, reports ABC News. Authorities announced the arrest of the “Ramsey Street Rapist,” 43-year-old Darold Wayne Bowden, on Wednesday. He has been charged in connection to the North […]

5y ago

Golden State Killer Suspect Charged With Additional 13 Counts Of Kidnapping

Golden State Killer Suspect Charged With Additional 13 Counts Of Kidnapping

According to the Los Angeles Times, the Golden State Killer suspect, Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., is now facing 13 additional charges of kidnapping to commit robbery, in addition to the 13 counts of murder he was previously charged with when he was arrested in April. Prosecutors announced DeAngelo’s latest charges during a news conference in […]

5y ago

Oklahoma Police Use Golden State Killer Method To Crack Cold Case From 2004

Oklahoma Police Use Golden State Killer Method To Crack Cold Case From 2004

Earlier this year, California police discovered the identity of one of its most iconic serial killers, the Golden State Killer. Since the arrest of Joseph Deangelo, who committed 50 rapes and killed at least a dozen people between 1974 and 1986, several other cold cases have been solved using the same methods. According to the […]

5y ago

Canadian Immigration Officials Use DNA Websites To Identify Migrants

Canadian Immigration Officials Use DNA Websites To Identify Migrants

According to the Canada Border Services agency, immigration officials have been using DNA genealogical sites to help identify the nationalities of migrants “when other avenues of investigation have been exhausted,” as reported by The Guardian. The story was first reported by Vice News after two immigration lawyers revealed that the nationality of some of their […]

5y ago

Indiana Man Arrested In 1988 Rape, Murder Of 8-Year-Old April Tinsley

Indiana Man Arrested In 1988 Rape, Murder Of 8-Year-Old April Tinsley

Police have made an arrest in the 30-year-old rape and murder of 8-year-old April Tinsley, using DNA evidence combined with new technology. As WANE-TV (Ft. Wayne) reports, John D. Miller, 59, was arrested without incident at his Gabrill trailer on Sunday morning. When police asked him if he knew why they were there, he reportedly […]

5y ago

Migrants And Their Children Reportedly Being Ordered To Take DNA Tests

Migrants And Their Children Reportedly Being Ordered To Take DNA Tests

According to an anonymous federal official, detained migrants are being ordered to take DNA tests, detailed CNN. The DNA testing is presumably being done in order to reunite children with the correct parents, as the official also elaborated that “The safety and security is (sic) paramount and it is not uncommon for children to be […]

5y ago

Man Who Claims Bill Clinton Is His Father Asks For A Paternity Test

Man Who Claims Bill Clinton Is His Father Asks For A Paternity Test

Danney Williams believes that former President Bill Clinton is his father, and is calling on Clinton to take a paternity test. Williams has long maintained that Clinton is his real father and that he is a love child. Williams’ mother, Bobbie Ann, is a former prostitute, and the two allegedly met in Little Rock, Arkansas, […]

5y ago

Loch Ness Monster Video Captured By 8-Year-Old Girl, As Scientists Embark On New Quest To Find Creature

Loch Ness Monster Video Captured By 8-Year-Old Girl, As Scientists Embark On New Quest To Find Creature

Has the Loch Ness Monster been captured on video (again)? An 8-year-old girl captured what appears to be something bobbing about in the water of the Scottish lake. As Yahoo News reports, the footage comes as a team of scientists is planning to scour the lake for DNA evidence of the elusive cryptoid. Laria Annand […]

5y ago

Golden State Killer Case Has People Wondering: What Can Companies Do With Their DNA Samples?

Golden State Killer Case Has People Wondering: What Can Companies Do With Their DNA Samples?

After the arrest of the alleged “Golden State Killer” based on his relatives DNA sample that was submitted to a website called GEDmatch, people are wondering how their own DNA is being handled by ancestry companies like Ancestry.com and 23andMe. It can vary from company to company, but people have much more to worry about […]

6y ago

Golden State Killer Joseph DeAngelo: DNA From Ancestry Sites Helped Track Him Down

Golden State Killer Joseph DeAngelo: DNA From Ancestry Sites Helped Track Him Down

Joseph James DeAngelo, the alleged “Golden State Killer” (and a host of other nicknames based on his alleged crimes), was done in by DNA evidence provided to private ancestry DNA testing sites, the Sacramento Bee is reporting. Ancestry DNA companies, such as 23andMe, MyHeritageDNA, and similar companies, all collect DNA samples from individuals who pay […]

6y ago

Life On Mars: New DNA Sequencing Device Could Aid In Detecting Alien Life

Life On Mars: New DNA Sequencing Device Could Aid In Detecting Alien Life

Scientists are working to further develop a life-seeking instrument — a DNA sequencer — that may be used to confirm the existence of alien life on Mars and moons within the Solar System where it is believed living organisms may have emerged. Called the MiniON, the device is portable and will be small enough to […]

6y ago

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