Year in science: Old bones yield new revelations about kings and genes

Friday, December 27, 2013 - 20:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Genetics isn't just for the living, as the past year's scientific revelations have demonstrated. Whether it's identifying King Richard III's long-lost bones or tracing humanity's tangled family tree, DNA analysis is shedding new light on mysteries that have lain buried for ages.

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