MORE LEADS
Use these resources as a starting point for your research about DNA and biohistorical investigation. Visit your local library for additional readings and research.
Online
PBS: Scientific American Frontiers: The Gene Hunters
In Print
The History and Geography of Human Genes, L. Cavalli-Sforza, Princeton University Press, 1994.L
Forensic DNA Technology, M. Farley, and J. Harrington, Lewis Publishers, 1991.
Ancient DNA: Recovery and Analysis of Genetic Material from Paleontological, Archeological, Museum, Medical and Forensic Specimens, Eds. Herrman and Shummel, Springer-Verlag 1994.
In Search of the Neanderthals, C. Stringer and C. Gamble, Thames and Hudson, 1993.
The Language of Genes, Steve Jones, Doubleday, Anchor Press, 1994.
Interactive Biohistory
Explore the art (and ethics) of using DNA in forensic history. Look in on three true-to-the-past biohistorical investigations.
Wet
With Blood
An Investigation of Mary Todd Lincoln's Cloak
An artfully packaged blend, investigating the cloak's authenticity, and the biohistorical implications of finding Abraham Lincoln's DNA.
PBS:
Frontline: Jefferson's Blood
For a brief time, Jefferson's rumored sexploits were headline material. Then came the DNA test, and the mystery was solved.
Or was it?
Recovering
the Romanovs
A folio-piece about Russia's last Tsar, his family, and their murder en masse. Can biohistorical investigation finally put the Romanovs, and the rumors, to rest?
(Select the module entitled Recovering the Romanovs)
