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

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The graves, filled with artifacts like ornate belt fittings and everyday items, reflected a shared culture. 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. Related Research **Pohl, W.

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

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The Engraved Stones of the Levant The researchers focused on five artifacts from four archaeological sites: Manot Cave, Amud Cave, Qafzeh Cave, and Quneitra. The artifacts themselves varied in form—two engraved Levallois cores, a flint plaquette, and two incised cortical flakes—but each bore markings that required closer scrutiny.