How ancient DNA is uncovering the mysteries of Australian biodiversity
If TV has taught us anything, it's that DNA can solve crimes. But can it shed a light on prehistory?
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Study of ancient dog DNA traces canine diversity to the Ice Age
A global study of ancient dog DNA, led by scientists at the Francis Crick Institute, University of Oxford, University of Vienna and archaeologists from more than 10 countries, presents evidence that there were different types ...
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Oct 29, 2020
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Ancient DNA is revealing the genetic landscape of people who first settled East Asia
The very first human beings originally emerged in Africa before spreading across Eurasia about 60,000 years ago. After that, the story of humankind heads down many different paths, some more well-studied than others.
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Sep 16, 2020
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Researchers reveal a much richer picture of the past with new DNA recovery technique
Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new technique to tease ancient DNA from soil, pulling the genomes of hundreds of animals and thousands of plants—many of them long extinct—from less than a gram of sediment.
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Sep 10, 2020
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Ancient genomes suggest woolly rhinos went extinct due to climate change, not overhunting
The extinction of prehistoric megafauna like the woolly mammoth, cave lion, and woolly rhinoceros at the end of the last ice age has often been attributed to the spread of early humans across the globe. Although overhunting ...
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Aug 13, 2020
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Researchers discover the origins of the beloved guinea pig
New University of Otago research sheds light on guinea pig domestication and how and why the small, furry animals became distributed around the world.
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Jun 16, 2020
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Ancient genomic insights into the early population of the Caribbean
The Caribbean was one of the last regions of the Americas to be settled by humans. Now, a new study published in the journal Science sheds light on how the islands were settled thousands of years ago.
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Jun 4, 2020
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Piecing together the Dead Sea Scrolls with DNA evidence
The collection of more than 25,000 fragments of ancient manuscripts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls include, among other ancient texts, the oldest copies of books of the Hebrew Bible. But finding a way to piece them all together ...
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Jun 2, 2020
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4,000 years of contact, conflict and cultural change had little genetic impact in Near East
The Near East was a crossroad for the ancient world's greatest civilizations, and invasions over centuries caused enormous changes in cultures, religions and languages. However, a new study of the DNA of ancient skeletons ...
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May 28, 2020
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International team sketches first large-scale genomic portrait of pre-Columbian Andean civilizations
An international research team has conducted the first in-depth, wide-scale study of the genomic history of ancient civilizations in the central Andes mountains and coast before European contact.
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May 7, 2020
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