Read more about the article DNA Confirms Galapagos Tortoise Is From Species Believed To Have Gone Extinct A Century Ago
DNA tests on a female tortoise found on the Galapagos Island of Fernandina in 2019, confirmed that the specimen is a Chelonoidis phantasticus. (Parque Nacional Galapagos/Real Press).
Animals

DNA Confirms Galapagos Tortoise Is From Species Believed To Have Gone Extinct A Century Ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGieZbxZjaY Parque Nacional Galapagos/Real Press DNA testing has confirmed that a tortoise found in the Galapagos Islands is a member of a species that was believed to have gone extinct over 100 years ago. The Ecuadorian government announced that after running DNA tests on a female tortoise found on the…

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May 28, 2021
Read more about the article Study Says Neanderthal DNA Linked To Improved COVID-19 Outcomes
Gene variants we inherited from Neandertals may both increase and decrease our risk to become seriously ill when infected with Sars-CoV-2. (Mattias Karlen/Newsflash)
Science

Study Says Neanderthal DNA Linked To Improved COVID-19 Outcomes

A new study has shown that a Neanderthal genetic variant found in half of the people outside the African continent can decrease the risk of severe COVID-19 symptoms. It follows a previous study that showed that another Neanderthal genetic variant had the opposite outcome. Both studies were carried out by…

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March 18, 2021
Read more about the article Police Discover Hanged Woman, 21, Had Boyfriends DNA Under Fingernails
Aleyna Cakr (21) who was found dead in her home in Kecioren district in Turkey. (Newsflash)
Crime

Police Discover Hanged Woman, 21, Had Boyfriends DNA Under Fingernails

Turkish cops have arrested a man for killing this stunning 21-year-old woman after she was found hanged at home with his DNA under her fingernails and on her clothes. Forensic experts said that Aleyna Cakir, 21, probably fought with her boyfriend before she was found hanged in an apartment in…

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March 9, 2021
Read more about the article Boy, 17, Drugged And Raped Girl, 15, Who Died Of Horror Injuries
15-year old Milena Eduarda Deckert Schreiber who was killed. (Newsflash)
Crime

Boy, 17, Drugged And Raped Girl, 15, Who Died Of Horror Injuries

Investigators have found traces of DNA from a 17-year-old suspect that links him to the drugging, rape and subsequent death of a 15-year-old girl in Brazil last year. Milena Eduarda Deckert Schreiber died during a local celebration in the town of Capao Bonito in the Brazilian municipality of Ijui on…

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February 22, 2021
Read more about the article Deer Head Hunter Caught By DNA Match On Blood In Car
Pics Shows: The deer beheaded by the poacher; A man has been arrested for decapitating 15 animals -including deer and a mouflon - on a farm in Spain before reportedly keeping the heads as hunting ‘trophies’.
Animals

Deer Head Hunter Caught By DNA Match On Blood In Car

A hunter that shot his prey by hunting animals on a Spanish farm and cut off their heads as a trophy was caught when cops matched DNA from blood in his car with blood from the corpse of a murdered deer. Cops say he decapitated at least 15 animals during…

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July 16, 2020