Anthropology.net
MARCH 18, 2025
Over time, this population eventually gave rise to the majority of Homo sapiens ancestry, as well as to Neanderthals and Denisovans. We may find fossils that match their genetic legacy, or we may already have them but lack the tools to identify their role in our ancestry." This group shrank to a tiny size before slowly recovering.
Anthropology.net
DECEMBER 27, 2024
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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Anthropology.net
JANUARY 18, 2025
While Leobersdorf's population was predominantly of East Asian origin, Mödling's inhabitants carried European ancestry," said Ke Wang, one of the study’s lead geneticists. These people were obviously regarded as Avars, regardless of their ancestry." But ancient DNA analysis told a different story. Related Research **Pohl, W.
Anthropology.net
APRIL 2, 2025
This ancient group shares ancestry with the 15,000-year-old foragers of Taforalt Cave in Morocco, associated with the Iberomaurusian culture. Neandertal DNA and the Origins of North African Ancestry Another striking discovery concerns the presence of Neandertal DNA in the Takarkori individuals. Science, 360 (6388), 548–552.
Anthropology.net
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Publisher : Oxford University Press , 2017. 1302653110 Summary : Uses dental morphology to reassess speciation events and shared ancestry between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. Journal : Journal of Human Evolution , 2017. J., & Conde, C. Journal : PNAS , 2013. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1302653110 DOI : 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.10.004
Anthropology.net
DECEMBER 4, 2024
A recent study, published in the European Journal of Archaeology 1 , suggests these plaques may represent one of humanity's earliest attempts at recording genealogy—a non-verbal precursor to modern ancestry documentation. Journal : Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences , 2017.
Sapiens
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
By checking “Patient’s Race,” we health care providers pretend to know something that we cannot possibly know: the patient’s ancestry and associated medical risk. The very notion that one could segregate people into groups that roughly approximate ancestry assumes those ancestral groups have remained separate throughout history.
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