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8, 000-Year-Old Discoveries at Turkey's Enigmatic "atalh'y'k Site Reveal "More than Just Blood Relations" Driving Ancient Kinship
15+ hour, 27+ min ago (420+ words) Investigating questions of kinship in the ancient world, archaeologists have discovered that treating non-blood relatives as family members is an idea that dates back to humanity's deeper history. According to new research published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, DNA research…...
Harvest of the Shadows: Inside the Ozarks Crop Circle Mystery of Human DNA, Hybrid Growths, and the Bobbys
15+ hour, 13+ min ago (366+ words) Ancient Origins Harvest of the Shadows: Inside the Ozarks Crop Circle Mystery of Human DNA, Hybrid Growths, and the Bobbys What if the strangest stories coming out of the Ozarks are not folklore, hoaxes, or internet hysteria, but the opening…...
DNA Study Reveals Relationships in South Korean Three Kingdoms'Era Graves
5+ hour, 29+ min ago (225+ words) According to a report in The Korea Herald, Jeong Choong-won of Seoul National University and an international team of researchers conducted a genetic study of 78 individuals buried in 44 tombs in South Korea's Imdang-Joyeong burial complex, which was in use during…...
Neolithic Tombs in Scotland Reveal Hidden Kinship Networks
7+ hour, 27+ min ago (502+ words) The research, led by Vicki Cummings of Cardiff University and published in Antiquity, analyzed 40 DNA samples from 22 individuals buried in five chambered tombs in Caithness and Orkney, dating back to around 3800 to 3200 BC. The findings point to a small, tightly…...
Did the Experts Get It Wrong? New Study Challenges Monte Verde Age
11+ hour, 50+ min ago (163+ words) "Because of a validation of the Monte Verde site by outside experts 29 years ago, our understanding of the date of human arrival to the Americas was fundamentally changed," Surovell explained. "We now correct the record and show that the site…...
Large Megalithic Tombs in Neolithic Scotland Were Built to Safeguard the Paternal Line for Centuries
19+ hour, 25+ min ago (626+ words) A team of archaeologists has succeeded in establishing the genetic relationships among individuals buried in chambered tombs from the Neolithic period in northern Scotland, specifically in Caithness and the Orkney Islands, with a chronology spanning from 3800 to 3200 years before our…...
Jade set in molar raises new questions about Maya dental practice
12+ hour, 51+ min ago (416+ words) The specimen is a lower molar featuring a small green stone set into the centre of its occlusal (chewing) surface. The material has been identified as jadeite. While stone inlays are well attested in Maya contexts, they are almost exclusively…...
CSUN Prof's Research Shows Lack of Genetic Diversity May Have Contributed to Neanderthals' Disappearance - CSUN Newsroom
11+ hour, 39+ min ago (318+ words) Using bone fragments, some no bigger than a finger, California State University, Northridge anthropologist'H'l'ne Rougier and an interdisciplinary team of international researchers have discovered that the last Neanderthals in Europe all descended from one lineage.' Incorporating new DNA data and…...
Utah native finds his calling preserving Mayan languages
3+ week, 3+ day ago (789+ words) SALT LAKE CITY " Growing up, as he considered his career possibilities, he entertained the idea of being a lawyer, like his dad; or maybe a small forward in the NBA, like his boyhood hero Adrian Dantley; or perhaps an archaeologist,…...
Confederated Tribes of Siletz: From termination to restoration
8+ hour, 53+ min ago (513+ words) SILETZ, Ore. (KPTV) - The small town of Siletz near the Oregon coast is headquarters for the most diverse confederation of Native American tribes on a single reservation in the U. S. "Living here, laid to rest here is also very much the…...