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The Hidden Code of Greenlanders: What Genetics Reveals About Their Ancestry and Health

Anthropology.net

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. “Genetics is increasingly important for diagnosis, risk assessment, and treatment of disease.

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“We Have Always Been Here”: How DNA and Oral Tradition Aligned to Tell the Picuris Pueblo’s Deep Past

Anthropology.net

In this landscape stands Picuris Pueblo—a small, sovereign tribal nation whose history has long been narrated in stories passed down through generations. federally recognized tribe has led and co-authored a genomic study of its own ancestry. Oral traditions ignored. Bones were taken. Burial grounds disturbed.

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

Anthropology.net

Within a few decades, they built an empire that stretched from the Eurasian steppe to the heart of Central Europe, reshaping political landscapes and leaving an imprint on European history. These European burials included individuals with "eastern-type" traits—characteristics often associated with nomadic steppe traditions.

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Rethinking the Dawn of Agriculture: Human Agency in the Neolithic Transition

Anthropology.net

The shift from a hunter-gatherer existence to an agrarian lifestyle stands as one of the most profound transformations in human history. Understanding these dynamics not only enriches our comprehension of human history but also highlights the intricate web of relationships that have shaped our collective past. Mallick, S.,

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Excavating the Coexistence of Neanderthals and Modern Humans

Sapiens

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. MYSTERY TOOLMAKERS Other transitional Middle-Upper Paleolithic stone tool industries have a long history of the same problem—we’re not sure who made them.

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OPINION: Betsy DeVos’ slippery slope of religion, ethnicity and race

The Hechinger Report

I regularly offer a course at my university called Teaching the Holocaust: History and Memory. With that, statements that are anti-Zionist would be considered as hateful and offensive as the more traditional tropes and stereotypes that have plagued Jews and Judaism for millennia. Photo: Alex Edelman/CNP via ZUMA Wire.

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The Lapedo Child: A 28,000-Year-Old Mystery Reshaped by Science

Anthropology.net

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.