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

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Credit: Boglárka Mészáros, BHM Aquincum Museum A team of geneticists, archaeologists, and historians from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the HistoGenes project examined the DNA of 370 individuals dating from the 2nd century BCE to the 6th century CE, spanning sites from Mongolia to Central Europe.

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

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New research, published in Nature 1 by an international team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, delves into the lives of two neighboring Avar communities in Lower Austria. These people were obviously regarded as Avars, regardless of their ancestry."

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Ancient Iberian Slate Plaques: Early Genealogical Records?

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A recent study, published in the European Journal of Archaeology 1 , suggests these plaques may represent one of humanity's earliest attempts at recording genealogy—a non-verbal precursor to modern ancestry documentation. Journal : Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences , 2017.

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Are Neanderthals and Homo sapiens Separate Species?

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Journal : Evolutionary Anthropology , 2022. 1302653110 Summary : Uses dental morphology to reassess speciation events and shared ancestry between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. Journal : Journal of Anthropological Sciences , 2007. DOI : 10.1002/evan.21955 DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1302653110

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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: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2010. Source: Current Anthropology, 2017.

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Doctors Are Taught to Lie About Race

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By checking “Patient’s Race,” we health care providers pretend to know something that we cannot possibly know: the patient’s ancestry and associated medical risk. I was struck by an alarming dichotomy: Genetics and anthropology scholarship have unanimously refuted a biological basis for race. Yet, the M.D.

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The Journey of Homo sapiens into East Eurasia: What Ancient Genomes Reveal

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Journal of Physiological Anthropology , 44 (1). Human history is not just about where we came from but how we adapted to the ever-changing environments we encountered. Analysis of the Neanderthal genome revealed that 1 to 4% of the genome in modern humans living outside Africa is derived from Neanderthals," the study notes.