my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 23: #aurochs are extinct but also the ancestors of today's #cattle. #AncientDNA study reveals their #PopulationHistory https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/12/aurochs-dead-and-alive.html #science #genome #agriculture #rewilding #ecology #evolution
aurochs dead and alive

My latest feature in Current Biology is about a big beast of the Pleistocene that has been extinct for almost four centuries, but is also pr...

Drought encouraged Attila's Huns to attack the Roman empire, tree rings suggest

"Hunnic peoples migrated westward across Eurasia, switched between farming and herding, and became violent raiders in response to severe drought in the Danube frontier provinces of the Roman empire, a new study argues."https://phys.org/news/2022-12-drought-attila-huns-roman-empire.html #PopulationHistory #PopulationGenetics #Huns #RomanEmpire #Drought

Drought encouraged Attila's Huns to attack the Roman empire, tree rings suggest

Hunnic peoples migrated westward across Eurasia, switched between farming and herding, and became violent raiders in response to severe drought in the Danube frontier provinces of the Roman empire, a new study argues.

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