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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. Science Advances, 7 (32), eabd9223.

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“We Have Always Been Here”: How DNA and Oral Tradition Aligned to Tell the Picuris Pueblo’s Deep Past

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federally recognized tribe has led and co-authored a genomic study of its own ancestry. Ancient Ties, Modern Stakes The study grew from a desire not just to explore ancestry but to support sovereignty. A new study, however, places them squarely in the realm of science. But the genomic evidence from Picuris contradicts that narrative.

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Tracing the Genetic Threads of Wallacea’s Complex History

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“By connecting the dots between genetics, linguistics, and archaeology, we now recognize West Papua as the launching place of historical Papuan seafarers that now contribute up to 60% of modern Wallacean ancestry,” he said.

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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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Echoes from the Ice Age: DNA Unveils the Prehistoric Inhabitants of El Mirón Cave

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These genetic signatures match the so-called "Fournol cluster" of Gravettian ancestry, suggesting that a distinct population survived in this region through the Last Glacial Maximum. “These were the people whose range had contracted southward during the climatic crisis,” explains Gelabert. Nature Communications , 16(107).

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Resurrecting the Dire Wolf, or Clickbait Science for the 21st Century

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Their morphological resemblance to grey wolves thus results from convergent evolution rather than shared ancestry ( Perri et al. Contrary to previous assumptions based primarily on morphological similarities, dire wolves diverged approximately 5.7 million years ago from the lineage leading to today’s wolves and coyotes ( Perri et al.

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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: Quaternary International, 2021. However, this diversity has often been poorly understood, with many fossils categorized into broad, ambiguous groups.