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Tracing the Huns’ Genetic Legacy: A Eurasian Patchwork of Ancestry

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The researchers found no widespread East Asian ancestry among the European populations of the Carpathian Basin following the Huns' arrival. However, a small but distinct group of individuals, primarily from "eastern-type" burials, carried significant East Asian ancestry. Related Research de Barros Damgaard, P., Rasmussen, S.,

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East Meets West: Avar Society’s Genetic Patchwork in Early Medieval Austria

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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.

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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. Cambridge University Press.

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Unveiling Homo juluensis: A New Chapter in Human Evolution

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Bridging Evolutionary Gaps in Asia Asia's evolutionary timeline during the Pleistocene is marked by a mosaic of hominin species, each contributing uniquely to human ancestry. Source: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2018. The identification of Homo juluensis helps fill critical gaps in this timeline.

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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.

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The First Europeans: Ancient Genomes Reveal Complex Histories of Human Expansion and Neanderthal Interactions

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Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have decoded 1 the DNA of seven individuals found at sites in Germany and Czechia, revealing a lineage that carried traces of Neanderthal ancestry and left behind no modern descendants. Journal : Nature , 2018. Journal : Nature , 2018.

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Carving the Mind: Middle Paleolithic Engravings and the Dawn of Symbolic Thought

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A population of hybrid ancestry? While Qafzeh Cave is well known for its early Homo sapiens burials , Manot Cave and Quneitra contain archaeological deposits from multiple time periods​ This makes it difficult to attribute these engravings to a specific hominin species. Did Neanderthals create them? Early modern humans? 1719990115.