Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Humans inherited genetic material from Neanderthals that affects the shape of our noses, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. Modern human and archaic Neanderthal skulls side by side, showing difference in nasal height.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Breakthroughs in ancient genome reconstruction and biotechnology are now revealing the rich molecular secrets of Paleolithic microorganisms. In a new study published in Science, a transdisciplinary team of researchers led by the Leibniz Institute for Natural
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Artifacts made of stone, bones or teeth provide important insights into the subsistence strategies of early humans, their behavior and culture. However, until now it has been difficult to attribute these artifacts to specific individuals,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – What the human genome is lacking compared with the genomes of other primates might have been as crucial to the development of humankind as what has been added during our evolutionary history, according to a
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A previously overlooked letter and a news article that was never published, both written in 1953, add to other lines of evidence showing Rosalind Franklin was an equal contributor—not a victim—in the discovery of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The first people to live in the Americas migrated from Siberia across the Bering land bridge more than 20,000 years ago. Some made their way as far south as Tierra del Fuego, at the tip
AncientPages.com – Pre-colonial African history is alive with tales of civilizations rising and falling and of different cultures intermingling across the continent. We have now shed more light on some of these societies using the science of genetics. In a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Long obscured in the shadows of history, the world’s first nomadic empire—the Xiongnu—is, at last, coming into view thanks to painstaking archaeological excavations and new ancient DNA evidence. Arising on the Mongolian steppe 1,500 years
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An analysis of ancient genomes suggests that different branches of the human family tree interbred multiple times and that some humans carry DNA from an archaic, unknown ancestor. Who was this mysterious ancient individual? Roughly
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Denisovans and the Neanderthals are long gone, but their DNA can be found in certain modern humans. According to researchers, some present-day humans derive up to ~5% of their ancestry from archaic Denisovans, an
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new study of great importance sheds vivid light on pioneering female migrants who made their way to Orkney during the Bronze Age revolutionary investigation. Paired buildings at Noltland. Credit: EASE Archaeology via the Antiquity
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – When the human remains found on board the Swedish warship Vasa were investigated, it was initially determined that the skeleton designated “G” was a man. New research now shows that the skeleton is actually from
