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Paleoanthropology & Early Humans
Hominid fossils, tool cultures, migrations, and ancient DNA insights.
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Archaeological Conservancy announces new SoHum Indigenous quarry acquisition
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (599+ words) The Archaeological Conservancy has acquired its 600th preserve, known as Se Nshong Duñ, or “Good Rock Place,” a sprawling Indigenous chert quarry tucked within the ancestral lands of the Eel River Wailaki in Southern Humboldt. “We have landowners reach out to…...
Plague Returned for Centuries After the Black Death, DNA Shows
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (224+ words) Multiple burial of plague victims from Domat/Ems, Sogn Pieder (Switzerland) associated with the Plague of the Thirty Years’ War (c.1629–1631). Analyses of individual 24 yielded a full Yersinia pestis genome. Image credit: Archaeological Service of the Canton of Grisons. (Archaeological…...
What Can Ancient DNA Actually Reveal About a City's Founders? — Curiosmos
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (484+ words) Ancient DNA can reveal relationships and movements between populations, but it cannot by itself name a culture or explain why people moved. Imagine opening a grave beneath an ancient street and finding that the person buried there was related to…...
Ancient DNA Sheds Light on Centuries of Plague After the Black Death
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Swedish Migration Reshaped Medieval Finland???s Genetic Landscape, Study Finds
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (544+ words) A new ancient DNA study reveals that coastal and inland communities in southwestern Finland were genetically similar during the early Middle Ages, before migration from Sweden transformed the coastal population. The research also shows that medieval Finland was deeply connected…...
Ancient DNA shows Swedish migration changed coastal Finland’s population after 1250 CE | Archaeology News Online Magazine
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (421+ words) Ancient DNA from Finland shows how coastal and inland communities followed different population paths during the Middle Ages. Researchers from the University of Turku studied the genomes of 34 people who lived in southwestern Finland and Häme. The team compared their…...
Did Wildfires Spark the Invention of Pottery?
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Was???Ring Around the Rosie??? Really About the Plague?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (543+ words) By: Tony Tekaroniake Evans The popular nursery rhyme has long been linked to the plague. But folklorists say its history tells a different story. A 1914 illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith shows children playing “Ring Around the Rosie.” Nursery rhymes bring…...
15,000-Year-Old Stone Tool Experiments Shed Light on Mysterious Ancient Technological Transition
1+ week, 1+ day ago (695+ words) Stanford University scientists say experiments on ancient Chinese stone tools, including 15,000-year-old hand axes, have solved a longstanding mystery about the critical technological transition from rudimentary hand tools to more versatile ground-edged tools, suggesting these new technologies enabled uses beyond…...