Ebook: Hunting the double helix: how DNA is solving puzzles of the past

Title page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The quest begins; 1 Almost Human: Were the Neanderthals our ancestors?; 2 The Prehistoric Zoo: Could extinct animals be brought back to life?; 3 Cretaceous Capers: Could we really clone a dinosaur?; 4 Big Bird: Unravelling the mysteries of the New Zealand moa; 5 Plague Proportions: Searching for the truth behind devastating historical epidemics; 6 Problems of Identity: Did Anastasia survive the Russian Revolution?; 7 The Heart of the Matter: What became of Louis XVii of France?; Conclusion: What next for ancient DNA research?; Sources.;Stories about the way DNA is increasingly being used to reveal important, fascinating, and sometimes quirky facts about unsolved murders, deadly diseases, mysterious disappearances, animals that have long been extinct, and even human origins.