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But beneath its frozen surface lies a complex history of human migration, isolation, and adaptation. Their findings not only rewrite the history of Inuit migration but also challenge the Eurocentric lens of modern genetics and medicine. Credit: Nature (2025). For Greenlanders, this inequity is particularly severe.
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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. Pany-Kucera, D.,
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Credit: Nature Communications (2025). 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. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). Red Lady's skeleton. Sample numbers are indicated within the dots.
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