ISOGG5d ago
“The researchers analyzed the genomes of 258 people who were buried in what are called row graves in the modern-day German states of Bavaria and Hesse, 112 of whom were interred at the Bavarian village of Altheim. Most dated to between 450 and 620 AD” #ISOGG #DNA #ancientdna #Rome
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/genome-study-reveals-happened-roman-150512686.html
Genome study reveals what happened after the Roman Empire fell

By Will Dunham April 29 (Reuters) - The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD was a pivotal moment in human history, when Germanic chieftain Odoacer...

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Show threadSPAAM-communityApr 24

📈 Release v26.03.0:
📚 218 (+2) publications
🧬 1733 (+0) ancient host-associated metagenome samples
🦠 815 (+2) ancient microbial genomes
🌅 803 (+0) ancient environmental samples

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#AncientDNA #palaeogenomics #aDNA #metagenomics

SPAAM-communityApr 24

🚨 New release of AncientMetagenomeDir! (v26.03.0, The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand)
https://github.com/SPAAM-community/AncientMetagenomeDir/releases/tag/v26.03.0
It is a community resource of #metadata of >2K shotgun-sequenced #AncientMetagenome or ancient microbial genome enriched samples & >5K libraries. Stats below:

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#AncientDNA #palaeogenomics #aDNA #metagenomics

Release v26.03: The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand · SPAAM-community/AncientMetagenomeDir

Release v26.03.0 includes 2 new publications, representing 0 new ancient host-associated metagenome samples, 2 new ancient microbial genomes, and 0 new ancient environmental samples. This brings th...

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Anthropology.netApr 24
Ancient DNA from 52 individuals across 6,000 years in Argentina and Uruguay reveals a Southern Cone in constant motion: three competing ancestries in the Pampas, a mystery lineage no one can source, and genetic ties from Uruguay to coastal Brazil. #Archaeogenomics #AncientDNA #SouthAmerica https://www.anthropology.net/p/strangers-in-the-pampas
Strangers in the Pampas

A new genomic study of 52 ancient individuals from Argentina and Uruguay finds movement, mixture, and at least one ancestry that still can’t be placed.

Anthropology.net
Anthropology.netApr 23
Chicken vs. pheasant — the bones look nearly identical. ZooMS molecular analysis just confirmed domestic chickens were raised on the Korean Peninsula 2,000 years ago, filling a key gap in East Asian dispersal history. #Zooarchaeology #AncientDNA #KoreanArchaeology https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-bones-that-looked-like-pheasants
The Bones That Looked Like Pheasants

A new molecular technique is untangling one of East Asian zooarchaeology’s most stubborn identification problems — and it started with a drawer full of fragments from ancient Korea.

Anthropology.net
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ Apr 21

Ancient DNA And Spatial Modeling Reveal Pre-Inca Trans-Andean Parrot Trade

“Parrots captured in the Amazon rainforest by pre-Inca people were transported hundreds of miles over the Andes to arid coastal areas where they were kept for their colorful feathers.”

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#anthropology #archaeology #AncientDNA #Peru https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/04/20/ancient-dna-and-spatial-modeling-reveal-pre-inca-trans-andean-parrot-trade/

GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦Apr 21

Ancient DNA And Spatial Modeling Reveal Pre-Inca Trans-Andean Parrot Trade

“Parrots captured in the Amazon rainforest by pre-Inca people were transported hundreds of miles over the Andes to arid coastal areas where they were kept for their colorful feathers.”

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#anthropology #archaeology #AncientDNA #Peru https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/04/20/ancient-dna-and-spatial-modeling-reveal-pre-inca-trans-andean-parrot-trade/

GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦Apr 20

Ancient DNA And Spatial Modeling Reveal Pre-Inca Trans-Andean Parrot Trade

“Parrots captured in the Amazon rainforest by pre-Inca people were transported hundreds of miles over the Andes to arid coastal areas where they were kept for their colorful feathers.”

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#anthropology #archaeology #AncientDNA #Peru https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/04/20/ancient-dna-and-spatial-modeling-reveal-pre-inca-trans-andean-parrot-trade/

Anthropology.netApr 20
At least 7 Neanderthals from one Polish cave, ~100,000 years old — some possibly related. Their mitochondrial DNA links them to a lineage once spread from France to the Caucasus. #Neanderthals #AncientDNA #Paleoanthropology https://www.anthropology.net/p/a-small-group-in-a-polish-cave-and
A Small Group in a Polish Cave, and the Neanderthal Lineage That Once Spanned Europe

New mitochondrial genomes from Stajnia Cave place at least seven Homo neanderthalensis individuals in MIS 5 and connect them to a maternal lineage once distributed from Poland to the Caucasus.

Anthropology.net
Anthropology.netApr 18
A tooth from a 14th-century Bolivian mummy just yielded the oldest known Streptococcus pyogenes genome — proving scarlet fever’s bacterium circulated in the Americas long before European contact. #AncientDNA #Paleopathology #Archaeogenetics https://www.anthropology.net/p/a-tooth-from-a-chullpa-rewrites-the
A Tooth from a Chullpa Rewrites the History of Strep

The oldest known Streptococcus pyogenes genome came from a young man buried in the Bolivian highlands six centuries ago — and it wasn't supposed to be there

Anthropology.net