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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

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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MAY 1, 2025

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. Pueblo Bonito, the largest archaeological site at Chaco Culture National Historical Park, is seen in northwestern New Mexico, on Aug.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

What we’ve found, however, suggests a sophisticated society where maternal ancestry shaped group identity.” ” The avoidance of close inbreeding and the occurrence of marriages between distant family branches suggest that the Durotriges had a deep awareness of their ancestry.

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APRIL 4, 2025

In a new study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal 1 , researchers from institutions across Europe compiled the most comprehensive cross-cultural knot database to date. By analyzing 338 distinct knots from archaeological archives and museum collections, they discovered a surprisingly stable repertoire.

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Sapiens

MARCH 5, 2024

Both positions allow for the occasional interbreeding that has resulted in a little bit of Neanderthal being present in many of us, especially those of European and East Asian ancestry. However, there are many challenges to exploring this distant time.

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JUNE 23, 2024

Source: Natural History Museum, London Rajiv McCoy, a computational geneticist at Johns Hopkins University, remarks, "It’s probably the most comprehensive picture we have to date of Neanderthal gene flow into modern human populations." Neandertal ancestry through time: Insights from genomes of ancient and present-day humans.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In the realm of human evolution, a groundbreaking study 1 led by researchers at the Australian National University in Canberra and the Natural History Museum of London is poised to revolutionize our narrative of human ancestry.

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