Remains found in Hamilton sewer were human skull; DNA analysis underway

Officials are providing an update after a routine maintenance inspection in Hamilton led to the discovery of a human skull ...

A woman’s remains were found in Oregon in 1976. They’ve been identified 49 years later thanks to DNA

Her mother was Alaska Native of the Ahtna Athabascan people. She had been named for an aunt who died in a boarding school for ...
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Culture May Be Replacing DNA As Driver Of Human Evolution, Study Claims

Are humans evolving more through culture than DNA? A new study explores how medicine, technology, and institutions may guide ...

A woman vanished in Oregon in 1974. Now, remains found 2 years later have been identified as her, through DNA.

Marion McWhorter went missing in Oregon in 1974. Now, remains found two years later have been identified as her, through DNA ...

DNA helps identify remains of woman found in Linn County nearly 50 years ago

Remains found in 1976 have been identified as Marion McWhorter, who went missing two years before when she turned 21 years old, Oregon State Police said.
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An incredible Denisovan skull is upending the story of human evolution

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like. Now it turns out they, not Neanderthals, might be our ...
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Human remains identified as woman last seen at Oregon shopping mall in 1974

"This was one of our oldest unidentified cases. And I think it just goes to show you that no matter how long somebody persists in being unidentified, we won't give up trying to identify them," the ...

Advanced DNA testing can be used in accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann's trial, a first in N.Y. state

A judge in the Gilgo Beach murders case ruled Wednesday that cutting-edge advanced DNA testing can be used in Rex Heuermann's upcoming trial on Long Island. It marks the first time such evidence could ...