2025 Ancestry Humanities 
Anthropology.net
MARCH 18, 2025
For decades, the story of modern human origins seemed relatively straightforward: Homo sapiens emerged in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago, evolving as a single, continuous lineage before expanding across the globe. These groups were apart for a million years—longer than modern humans have been on the planet."
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
But beneath its frozen surface lies a complex history of human migration, isolation, and adaptation. Credit: Nature (2025). Because most genomic research has focused on people of European ancestry, existing diagnostic tools and treatments often fail when applied to non-European populations.
Anthropology.net
APRIL 4, 2025
An Ancient Practice, Revisited Through Code Knots are one of humanity’s oldest tools—so ancient, in fact, that they predate agriculture, metallurgy, and written language. Despite differences in time, geography, and material culture, many human groups developed the same set of knots—again and again.
Anthropology.net
APRIL 2, 2025
During the African Humid Period (14,500–5,000 years ago), this region supported thriving human populations. Their findings, recently published in Nature , challenge existing models of early human migration and isolation in North Africa. Additional Related Research Skoglund, P., & Reich, D. Science, 354 (6309), 163–165.
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. DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2009.00348.x
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
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. 137 ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes."
Anthropology.net
MARCH 28, 2025
Traditional ancestry reports often provide a static snapshot, indicating, for example, that an individual is "50% Irish." While informative, this perspective oversimplifies the intricate tapestry of human ancestry, which is more akin to a dynamic film than a still photograph. Credit: Science (2025).
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