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Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia
22+ hour, 17+ min ago (1729+ words) Liu, Y. , Mao, X. , Krause, J. & Fu, Q. Insights into human history from the first decade of ancient human genomics. Science 373, 14791484 (2021). Mathieson, I. et al. Genome-wide patterns of selection in 230 ancient Eurasians. Nature 528, 499503 (2015). Irving-Pease, E. K. et al. The selection landscape and genetic legacy of ancient Eurasians....
Neanderthal dad, human mum: study reveals ancient procreation pattern
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (335+ words) Prehistoric sexual proclivities helped to shape the human genome, according to a study1 of genetic material from three female Neanderthal specimens. The analysis suggests that female Homo sapiens and male Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) mated more often than did male H. sapiens and…...
Genetic genealogy of the Piast dynasty and related European royal families - Nature Communications
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (1652+ words) During the 5-year search, we identified 21 graves containing remains most likely belonging to members of the Piast dynasty. Only for two graves, Stanis'aw and Janusz III, were the identities of the deceased known. By combining the results of our genomic…...
Specialised and persistent raw material procurement by humans in the Middle Pleistocene - Nature Communications
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1749+ words) a View on the excavation of Jojosi 6 in 2023. b Primary hornfels outcrop as a raw material source for stone tool knapping. c Exemplary view of the erosional landscape of the Jojosi Dongas. d Map icons in (a) by Dong Ik Seo,…...
Cultural Studies | Nature Research Intelligence
9+ mon, 1+ day ago (410+ words) Cultural Studies is an inherently interdisciplinary field that interrogates the practices, representations and power dynamics which shape both individual and collective identities. Drawing on a wide. .. Cultural Studies is an inherently interdisciplinary field that interrogates the practices, representations and power…...
Ancient DNA and spatial modeling reveal a pre-Inca trans-Andean parrot trade - Nature Communications
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1734+ words) The hindcasted SDMs confirmed that the four identified parrot species" habitats were restricted to the eastern side of the Andes, primarily in the wet tropics of the Amazon Basin, creating a vast and formidable barrier to the coast (Fig. 5a, and…...
Daily briefing: Galileo's notes discovered in the margins of an ancient book
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (250+ words) Reference: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper Reference: Journal for the History of Astronomy paper (in review) Reference: JAMA Internal Medicine paper & commentary Last week, I expressed my admiration for the acronym invented by researchers at the University…...
Is a "selfish gene" making a Utah family have twice as many boys as girls?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (489+ words) Babies tend to have the same probability to be born biologically male or or female " but family genetics could skew those odds in either direction. Credit: Waltraud Grubitzsch/dpa via Alamy Such sex "distorters" have been discovered " and studied in…...
An ancient mass grave reveals targeted killing of women and children in the Early Iron Age - Nature Human Behaviour
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (204+ words) Nature Human Behaviour (2026)Cite this article On discovering that one of the largest prehistoric mass graves of Europe predominantly held violently killed women and children, we used a battery of methods to investigate how this gender-selective and age-selective pattern reflected…...
Palaeoanthropological evidence from China is changing the picture of hominin evolutionary history - Nature Ecology & Evolution
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (440+ words) Recent palaeoanthropological discoveries in China indicate that eastern Asia had an important role in the evolutionary history of the genus Homo over the past 2millionyears. New taxonomic proposals have been made to re-group archaic human fossils, including those considered to be…...