DNA of 10,000-Year-Old Luzio Unravels the Mystery of the Sambaqui Builders’ Disappearance A new DNA study reveals that Luzio, the oldest human skeleton found in São Paulo state (Brazil), was a descendant of the ancestral population that settled the Americas at least 16,000 years ago and gave rise to all present-day Indigenous peoples, such as … Read more
Ancient genomes show that the farming lifestyle in northwestern Africa was ignited by oversea-migrants from Iberia 7,400 years ago A genomic analysis of ancient human remains from Morocco in northwest Africa revealed that food production was introduced by Neolithic European and Levantine migrants and then adopted by local groups. A research team from Sweden, Spain … Read more
Some of the first humans in the Americas came from China, study finds Ice age groups in the ancient northern coast of China helped make up the first wave of people to settle the New World, a new DNA study suggests. The ancient groups may have also migrated to Japan, potentially helping explain similarities in … Read more
3,000-Year-Old Bone in Southeastern Alaska Reveals Prehistoric Woman’s Genetic Connection to Native American People A 3,000-year-old bone unearthed from a cave in southeastern Alaska is not from a bear, as originally thought, but from one of our own — a woman. And new research reveals that her genetics are essentially the same as the Native … Read more
The mysterious Picts of Scotland revealed through DNA analysis Ancient DNA reveals that the Picts, the “painted people” of Scotland who fought off the Romans, weren’t an enigmatic group that migrated from faraway lands. Instead, the Picts had local roots and were related to other Iron Age people in Britain, a new study finds. An analysis of … Read more
9,000-year-old “Cheddar Man” Shares The Same DNA With English Teacher Of History When Adrian Targett, a retired history teacher from Somerset, walked into his local newsagents yesterday morning, he was startled to see a familiar face staring up at him. That face, appearing on the front page of several newspapers, belonged to a distant relative … Read more