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Humans’ Evolutionary Relatives Butchered One Another 1.45 Million Years Ago

Researchers from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History have identified the oldest decisive evidence of humans’ close evolutionary relatives butchering and likely eating one another. read more
Study Sheds New Light on Inconclusive Gun Evidence

The study found that 85% of cartridge cases that were judged inconclusive by forensic firearm examiners were actually fired by two different guns. read more
mtDNA Identifies 'Pipeline Pete' 42 Years Later

Human remains found near Granger, Wyoming in 1982 have been identified as belonging to a man who disappeared in 1981 while traveling back to his home in Missouri after visiting family in California. read more
DDP, Ramapo College's IGG Center Identify 2002 John Doe

The Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office brought the case to the DNA Doe Project as part of a collaboration with Ramapo College of New Jersey’s new Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center, an undergraduate certificate program offering practical experience on real cases to its students. read more
Trumpington Cross Burial: Facial Reconstruction, Other Evidence Sheds Light on Girl's Life

The face of a 16-year-old woman buried near Cambridge in the 7th century with an incredibly rare gold and garnet cross (the "Trumpington Cross") has been reconstructed following analysis of her skull. read more
Smarter Human Oversight is Crucial in Facial Recognition AI

Enhanced human verification techniques and practices will always be required to ensure accuracy and ward off inherent biases. read more
Human Ancestors May Have Buried their Dead 335,000 Years Ago

Forensic anthropologists have found evidence of ancient human burials that predate the earliest currently known Homo sapiens’ burials by at least 100,000 years. read more
Woman Found in Shallow Grave is Identified 45 Years Later

Officers with the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene and located the human remains inside of a garment bag buried in a shallow grave. read more
Lips Pouted or Not? How Improved Speaker Recognition Can Help Investigations

Police investigations use wiretapped phone recordings as investigative material fairly regularly. But how do they know that the voice on the recording actually belongs to the suspect? read more
FBI Approves QIAGEN’s NGS-based Workflow for NDIS

NDIS approval provides access to federal government funding for accredited public crime laboratories in the U.S. to implement next-generation sequencing (NGS) for routine casework. read more
University Creating Human Trafficking Data Warehouse Using Video Game Tech

Southern Methodist University is creating a federally funded data warehouse to centralize data collection and support research into human trafficking in the United States. read more
Genetic Genealogy Identifies Skeletal Remains Found in 1976

After 47 years, an unidentified homicide victim, found off an highway, has now been identified as Douglas Streeter. read more
University, Military Partnership Recovers World War II Airman

A team of archaeologists and forensic specialists from Cranfield Forensic Institute assisted with the recovery and identification of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Edgar L. Mills who was killed in action over Germany during the Second World War. read more
People in U.S. Dying at Higher Rates than Similar High-income Countries

People in the U.S. are dying at higher rates than in other similar high-income countries, and that difference is only growing. read more
Flex Your Power with the SeqStudio Flex Genetic Analyzer for Human Identification

Join a team of forensic DNA analysts from the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Crime Lab as they experience the new Applied Biosystems SeqStudio Flex Genetic Analyzer for the first time. read more