Ancestry Events Tradition 
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. sapiens populations later in the Upper Paleolithic.
Anthropology.net
MARCH 7, 2025
A Child Buried in Ochre, A Legacy Written in Bone Buried deep within a Portuguese rock shelter some 28,000 years ago, a small child’s ochre-stained bones whisper a tale of interwoven ancestries, ritual significance, and a culture lost to time.
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Anthropology.net
JULY 20, 2024
This event, known as the Scandinavian "Neolithic decline," saw the abandonment of large settlements and the cessation of megalith construction. Colors indicate genetic ancestry, and black crosses designate individuals with the plague.Credit: Seersholm et al., A smaller group featured ancestry from the central Asian steppes.
Anthropology.net
JANUARY 2, 2025
Yet, many of its genetic mysteries have eluded researchers due to the limitations of traditional methods. By using “time-stratified ancestry analysis,” this research employs the novel Twigstats approach to reconstruct Europe's genetic history with unprecedented clarity.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
published in The American Journal of Human Genetics 1 , has provided fresh insights into the complex origins of the Fulani, tracing their ancestry back to an ancient, lost world—the Green Sahara. Their findings highlight admixture events with other African populations and a deep genetic link to ancient North African groups.
Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Revisiting Assumptions About Brain Evolution Traditional views of human evolution suggested that brain size underwent sudden, transformative increases between species, akin to major technological leaps. Dr. Thomas Puschel, lead author of the study, emphasized: “Big evolutionary changes don’t always need dramatic events.
Anthropology News
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
One evening it was student dance performances; another was the closing nights event. I got to be part of the last evenings events. I dont know what legend in my ancestry broke free from this bondage of pain. Drawing on their own experiences of migration, students would perform their original slam poems. It was thrilling.
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