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

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These European burials included individuals with "eastern-type" traits—characteristics often associated with nomadic steppe traditions. The researchers found no widespread East Asian ancestry among the European populations of the Carpathian Basin following the Huns' arrival. Related Research de Barros Damgaard, P.,

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Buried Together: What an Israeli Cave Reveals About Early Human and Neanderthal Life

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Over 100,000 years ago, Neanderthals and Homo sapiens roamed the Levant, a region that would become a crossroads of human migration. Exposed section of archaeological sediments dated to to 110 thousand years ago at Tinshemet cave A new study, published in Nature Human Behaviour 1 , brings fresh insight into this question.

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

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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. Image credit: G.

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Excavating the Coexistence of Neanderthals and Modern Humans

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An archaeologist explains how remains recently recovered from a cave in present-day Germany suggest that Neanderthals and modern humans populated Europe together for at least 10,000 years. An international, multidisciplinary team has identified human ( H. However, there are many challenges to exploring this distant time.

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Carving the Mind: Middle Paleolithic Engravings and the Dawn of Symbolic Thought

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The Search for Early Symbolic Expression For decades, archaeologists have debated the origins of symbolic thought in early humans. Was it an innovation exclusive to modern humans, or did our distant relatives also engage in abstract expression? Symbolic behavior in early humans is often difficult to identify with certainty.

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

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But beneath its frozen surface lies a complex history of human migration, isolation, and adaptation. Because most genomic research has focused on people of European ancestry, existing diagnostic tools and treatments often fail when applied to non-European populations. For Greenlanders, this inequity is particularly severe.

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The Neolithic Decline: The Role of Ancient Plague in Northern Europe's Population Collapse

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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. The disease likely spread human-to-human, rather than through fleas as in later plagues, indicating that rats cannot be blamed for this ancient epidemic.