Whistleblowers allege the institute intended to commercialize a research tool based on the material, a violation of agreements with African scientists who collected the sequences.

Genetic material from bones could be used to locate living descendants for the remains’ repatriation, researchers showed.

With lifestyles similar to our hunter-gatherer ancestors, the San people of Southern Africa are popular study subjects.

An indigenous community in northeastern India is a crucial part of the effort to save these majestic forest birds from extinction.