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The Hidden Code of Greenlanders: What Genetics Reveals About Their Ancestry and Health

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Because most genomic research has focused on people of European ancestry, existing diagnostic tools and treatments often fail when applied to non-European populations. More Greenlanders now have European ancestry—on average, about 25%—which is influencing the frequency of certain genetic traits.

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Ancient DNA Reveals Genetic and Linguistic Divides in the Bronze Age Mediterranean

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Distribution of Bell Beaker-derived and Yamnaya-derived ancestry proportions obtained from the IBD admixture model. DOI: 10.1101/2024.12.02.626332 The Genetic Story of Two Migrations By analyzing 314 ancient genomes, researchers identified two distinct expansions of steppe ancestry into the Mediterranean. Nature, 522 (7555), 207-211.

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Tracing Ancient Roots: How Iron Age Britain Centered on Women

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What we’ve found, however, suggests a sophisticated society where maternal ancestry shaped group identity.” ” The avoidance of close inbreeding and the occurrence of marriages between distant family branches suggest that the Durotriges had a deep awareness of their ancestry. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511521218 Olalde, I.,

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The Geometry of Memory: How Knots Carry the Weight of Human History

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“The ability to tie them may have been passed between cultures, or more likely through shared ancestry,” — Roope Kaaronen But cultural transmission can’t explain everything. In some cases, such as identical knots from South America and Russia, the likelihood of direct interaction is negligible. Henrich, J.

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The Genomic Legacy of the Picenes: Unraveling Italy’s Forgotten Civilization

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Credit: Incola / Wikimedia Commons Despite these external influences, the Picenes largely retained a genetic profile similar to other Iron Age Italic groups, emphasizing a shared ancestry that predated the Roman era. Green gradients show the hypothesized origins of individuals with diverse ancestries in the Central Italic IA.

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The Journey of Homo sapiens into East Eurasia: What Ancient Genomes Reveal

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Analysis of the Neanderthal genome revealed that 1 to 4% of the genome in modern humans living outside Africa is derived from Neanderthals," the study notes. The reason for this remains an open question​ High-Altitude Adaptations and the Denisovan Connection Living at high altitudes presents unique physiological challenges.

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The Life of a 17,000-Year-Old Infant from Ice Age Italy

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The findings, published in Nature Communications 1 , reveal a wealth of information about the boy's ancestry, physical traits, health, and the environment in which he lived, offering a rare glimpse into the lives of prehistoric humans. Life history and ancestry of the late Upper Palaeolithic infant from Grotta delle Mura, Italy.