DNA analysis has become an important tool for the identification of historic individuals. False
results may occur if the historic sample becomes contaminated. Both historic archaeologists …

More than 2,000 samples of human osseous and dental materials drawn from forensic
archaeological casework of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command Central Identification …

The survival of DNA, the most informative biological molecule, for periods of at least several
thousand years in bone was demonstrated more than four years ago. However, difficulties …

Improvements to analytical methods have made it possible for highly discriminative
genotypic information to be gleaned from smaller and smaller amounts of sample material. is …

Ancient DNA analyses have been conducted for about 30 years. This promising field, which
has the potential to furnish important information from the biological material of burial …

▼ Many scientific investigations in the field of palaeogenetics are limited by the poor quality
as well as the small quantity of genomic DNA extracted from prehistoric bones (Ref. 1, 2, 3) …

A major challenge for ancient DNA (aDNA) studies using museum specimens is that
sampling procedures usually involve at least the partial destruction of each specimen used …

The Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) is one of the leading laboratories
in the world for the processing of degraded skeletal remains. Extended efforts have been …

The recovery of genetic material from preserved hard skeletal remains is an essential part of
ancient DNA, archaeological and forensic research. However, there is little understanding …

Background Given the relative abundance of modern human DNA and the inherent
impossibility for incontestable proof of authenticity, results obtained on ancient human DNA …