14,000-year-old woolly rhinoceros DNA extracted from wolf’s stomach

Towards the end of the last ice age, an ancient wolf feasted on a young woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis). When the ...
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Leonardo da Vinci's DNA may be embedded in his art — and scientists think they've managed to extract some

In a first, scientists have extracted DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but they can't be ...

Scientists may have extracted Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA from Renaissance artwork for first time

Some Y-chromosome DNA sequences from the “Holy Child” artwork and from a letter penned by one of Leonardo’s cousins appear to ...

DNA from wolf pup’s last meal reveals new facts about woolly rhino’s extinction

The sadly now extinct rhino lived on the steppes and tundra of Europe and Asia, living alongside people for thousands of ...

Leonardo Da Vinci's Art May Be Hiding a Secret: His Own DNA

Researchers working on the Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project believe the Renaissance Man left his DNA on the chalk drawing titled ...

Traces of Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA May Have Been Discovered on a Red Chalk Drawing Called Holy Child

Researchers suggest that they have recovered sequences from ancient works and from letters that may belong to the Renaissance ...
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Ancient DNA Offers Clues to the Extinction of the Woolly Rhinoceros

Studying how ancient animals lived and why they died out can offer important insight to protecting species today.
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Scientists Recover Leonardo Da Vinci's DNA From 500-Year-Old Drawing

Scientists have successfully recovered what may be Leonardo da Vinci's DNA from a centuries-old red chalk drawing, marking a breakthrough that could unlock secrets about one of history's greatest ...
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Human evolution’s biggest mystery has started to unravel. How 2025 tipped the scales

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil electrified the ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA potentially found in his sketch and scientists have extracted it

Scientists may have extracted Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA from a Renaissance sketch, sparking debates over authorship, while ...
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Scientists May Have Extracted Leonardo Da Vinci’s DNA From A Renaissance Sketch

According to a new (but as-of-yet not peer-reviewed) study published in the preprint database bioRxiv, scientists began their ...
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Scientists may have extracted DNA traces of Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci's alleged DNA's Y chromosome shares common ancestry with the Y chromosome collected from the letter ...