Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A large-scale study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 individuals spanning more than 10,000 years in West Eurasia shows that natural selection has influenced modern human genomes much more extensively than previously recognized. Earlier research on ancient DNA had identified only about 21 clear cases of directional selection. Directional selection […]
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The bond between humans and dogs is one of nature’s longest-lasting partnerships, but its origins have been difficult to pinpoint. A new study has now provided clearer answers by identifying the earliest genetic evidence of domestic dogs yet discovered. Researchers have shown that dogs were already living alongside humans more than
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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A recent study combining new DNA evidence with archaeological findings suggests that the last Neanderthals in Europe went through a profound population turnover, leaving them with very little genetic diversity in the millennia before their disappearance around 40,000 years ago. Led by Professor Cosimo Posth at the Senckenberg Center for Human
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The oldest human remains discovered in Northern Britain have been identified as belonging to a young female, following their discovery three years ago in a Cumbrian cave. The 11,000-year-old bones were excavated from Heaning Wood Bone Cave in Great Urswick, Cumbria, by local archaeologist Martin Stables. These remains offer significant
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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Researchers have utilized ancient DNA to uncover that hunter-gatherer populations in a specific region of Europe—spanning present-day Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands—persisted for thousands of years longer than elsewhere on the continent. Map indicating hunter-gatherer ancestry proportions across Europe 4500–2500 BCE. Credit: University of Huddersfield This discovery also highlights the
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Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Nestled among rugged mountains, dramatic coastlines, and distinctive stone tower houses, the Mani Peninsula in the Peloponnese region of Greece has long fascinated travelers, historians, and writers such as Jules Verne and Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor. Deep Maniots Have Long Lived In Isolation Recent genetic research has provided new insights
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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A recent study has provided new insights into the initial settlement of New Guinea and Australia by modern humans, Homo sapiens, enhancing our understanding of early seafaring and maritime mobility. During the last Ice Age, lower sea levels meant that New Guinea and Australia formed a single landmass known as Sahul.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Historians have long debated the origins and spread of Slavic material culture and language, questioning whether it was due to a mass migration, the gradual assimilation of local populations, or a combination of both. The evidence has been sparse, particularly in the early centuries when cremation practices hindered DNA studies and
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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A new study by a Utah anthropologist, using genetic studies, has concluded that Sahul colonizers arrived later than the commonly held 65,000-year timeframe. Gwion Gwion rock paintings in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, taken at a site off Kalumburu Road near the King Edward River. Image c redit: TimJN1 -Source -Bradshaw Art Aboriginal
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Papua New Guineans are living proof of how isolation, ancient mixing, and survival in remote islands can preserve a unique piece of our shared human story. A team of European researchers has shed new light on the genetic origin of Papua New Guineans. Image credits: JulesR – Pixabay /Over50TravelAndLifes – Pixabay/
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