9+ hour, 43+ min ago  (407+ words) A study has revealed that despite centuries of violent regime changes, medieval Sicily was a genetic 'melting pot', where Christians and Muslims thrived together. The research, led by Dr Aurore Monnereau from the University of York and published in the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (723+ words) A research team led by Iowa State University botanists confirmed cotton was domesticated from a diverse population native to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, a potentially fruitful target for finding genetic traits that could strengthen the world's most important fiber crop. AMES,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (539+ words) Mirage News A new study from the Histo Genes project, of which Patrick Geary, Professor Emeritus in the School of Historical Studies is co-PI, is helping scholars to frame a better picture of the Early Medieval people who inhabited Western…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (335+ words) Mirage News A new Yale-led study provides one of the most detailed and comprehensive analyses to date of genetic variation in human populations in Oceania, filling a major gap in representation in genomics research. Despite harboring remarkable diversity, populations in…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (282+ words) A study led by a UAB research team of Biological Anthropoly has analysed the genome of 54 newborns with the aim of tracking the genetic history of their culture since it developed in the Early Iron Age until the start of…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (499+ words) Mirage News Despite distinct archaeological differences, the people from the Western Funnel Beaker culture were more closely related to neighboring Wartberg communities than previously understood, according to a genomic study of German burial sites. The findings reveal surprisingly long-distance family…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (548+ words) Scientists have long known that the DNA code in genes is not the only way to pass genetic traits from parents to offspring. "Epigenetic" marks " chemical modifications to DNA that don't change the DNA code itself " can also be passed…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (187+ words) " New Tel Aviv University study offers a new explanation for a major technological shift in prehistoric human culture. " Researchers found that the disappearance of giant animals such as elephants and rhinoceroses likely led humans to abandon heavy-duty stone tools. " As…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (228+ words) The American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting is one of the largest and most influential interdisciplinary scientific conferences in the world. Held annually, it serves as a global forum for presenting new research, discussing pressing societal challenges,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (818+ words) Mirage News Many of today's villages and towns in Central Europe trace their origins to settlements that emerged after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, often on former Roman territory or in the immediate vicinity of the Limes, the…...