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This Is How Europeans of the Urnfield Culture Experienced the Transition of the Late Bronze Age, According to a DNA Study
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (624+ words) An interdisciplinary analysis of human remains in Germany, Czechia, and Poland makes it possible for the first time to trace population dynamics, mobility, diet, and disease during the Late Bronze Age, a period that has until now been largely inaccessible…...
Does One in Every 200 Living Men Descend from Genghis Khan? Probably Not, According to a Genetic Study on the Rulers of the Golden Horde
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (334+ words) An international investigation has analyzed the genome of four individuals buried in elite mausoleums in Kazakhstan, providing the first direct DNA evidence of the ancestry of the rulers of the Golden Horde and raising new questions about the famous hypothesis…...
Storms uncover on Scotland’s coast human footprints from the time of the Roman invasions 2,000 years ago, predating the Picts, and the sea erases them in 48 hours
2+ week, 4+ day ago (376+ words) The marks, located at Lunan Bay (Angus), were documented against the clock by a team from the University of Aberdeen before the sea erased them permanently. Storms that have battered the British coastline in recent weeks produced an exceptional discovery…...
The Enigma of the Legendary Black-Teeth Kingdom of Iron Age Vietnam Solved: They Dyed Them to Distinguish Themselves from “Humanoid Demons”
2+ week, 4+ day ago (648+ words) For years, experts wondered whether this was the result of chewing betel, a stimulant plant widely used in Southeast Asia that gradually stains teeth reddish or brown. However, the intense black color and the way it adhered to the teeth…...
The Jomon, the earliest inhabitants of Japan, arrived in the archipelago 16,000 years ago in a single and unique migration
2+ week, 6+ day ago (470+ words) A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo has published a study that challenges the traditional theory about how the ancient Jomon, the inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago since approximately 16,000 years ago, came to populate the region. For decades,…...
The forgotten Iberian city, whose name is unknown, where the largest archive of inscriptions from pre-Roman Hispania has been found
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (394+ words) Far removed from the solemnity of funerary stelae or bronze treaties, writing in Azaila was domestic and utilitarian. The study classifies the inscriptions into two main groups. This is where the cultural difference becomes clear. The "luxury" tableware was black-gloss…...
New Connections Discovered Between the Ancient Iberian Language and Basque, Beyond Numbers
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (492+ words) The idea that the ancient Iberians might have spoken a language related to Basque is not new. Since the 16th century, authors such as Ambrosio de Morales and Esteban de Garibay speculated about this possibility. In the 19th century, the prestigious linguist…...
A legendary fossil forces a rethink of human origins: A new species in the family tree?
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (380+ words) This fossil remains one of the most crucial discoveries within the hominin record, and its true identity is a key piece for understanding our evolutionary past, Dr. Martin stated. Our assessment shows that it is not the case that it…...
Common ancestors of modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans lived on the Atlantic coast of Morocco 773,000
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (297+ words) An international scientific team has dated with exceptional precision a set of human fossils discovered on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, shedding new light on African populations that were close to the base of the lineage that would eventually lead…...
Oldest intentional cremation in Africa discovered: a 9,500-year-old funerary pyre in a rock shelter in Malawi
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (294+ words) While the oldest known burned human remains, found at Lake Mungo (Australia), date back around 40,000 years, intentionally constructed pyre structures fueled with combustible material do not appear in the archaeological record until approximately 11,500 years ago at the site of Xaasaa…...