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Ancient DNA exposes virus that hacked its way into human genes

Ancient DNA is turning human evolution into a crime scene reconstruction, and one of the prime suspects is a herpesvirus that ...
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Ancient skeletons reveal viruses embedded in human DNA

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...
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Iron Age DNA Reveals a Herpesvirus That Still Infects Humans Today

Learn how ancient DNA from human remains provided the first direct evidence that a common childhood virus has been part of ...
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DNA from ancient viral infections helps embryos develop, mouse study reveals

A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in ...
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Oldest human DNA reveals lost branch of the human family tree

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