Anthropology.net16h ago
New mtDNA from 6 Neanderthal sites shows nearly all Late Neanderthals descended from one refugium population in SW France ~65,000 years ago — then collapsed again ~42,000 years ago. #Neanderthals #AncientDNA #Paleoanthropology https://www.anthropology.net/p/one-lineage-to-rule-them-all-the
One Lineage to Rule Them All: The Last Neanderthals Were Descended from a Single Refugium Population

New DNA confirms Europe's last Neanderthals descended from a single population that survived the MIS 4 glacial in southwest France.

Anthropology.net
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 1d ago

The Old Irish Goat Carries 3,000 Years Of Irish History In Its DNA

“Goats tell us how human values changed through time by showing how and where we moved animals through trade or migration.”

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#history #Archaeology #ancientDNA #genomics #proteomics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/03/22/the-old-irish-goat-carries-3000-years-of-irish-history-in-its-dna/

GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦2d ago

The Old Irish Goat Carries 3,000 Years Of Irish History In Its DNA

“Goats tell us how human values changed through time by showing how and where we moved animals through trade or migration.”

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#history #Archaeology #ancientDNA #genomics #proteomics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/03/22/the-old-irish-goat-carries-3000-years-of-irish-history-in-its-dna/

GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦2d ago

The Old Irish Goat Carries 3,000 Years Of Irish History In Its DNA

“Goats tell us how human values changed through time by showing how and where we moved animals through trade or migration.”

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#history #Archaeology #ancientDNA #genomics #proteomics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/03/22/the-old-irish-goat-carries-3000-years-of-irish-history-in-its-dna/

Anthropology.net6d ago
Palau’s first settlers arrived ~3,200 years ago already carrying 40% Papuan ancestry — centuries before similar mixing happened elsewhere in the Pacific. New ancient DNA research rewrites the archipelago’s founding story. #Paleoanthropology #AncientDNA #PacificPrehistory https://www.anthropology.net/p/palaus-first-settlers-were-already
Palau’s First Settlers Were Already a Mixed Population Before They Arrived

New ancient DNA research overturns assumptions about when Pacific peoples began mixing — and reveals nearly 3,000 years of unbroken genetic continuity in the western Pacific.

Anthropology.net
SPAAM-communityMar 16
Check out this new paper that sheds light on the early #evolution of elephants! Straight-tusked #elephants once roamed across #Eurasia, but one lineage became stranded in Japan?! 🐘🧬 Ancient #mtDNA reveals Palaeoloxodon naumanni as an early-diverging lineage that survived in island isolation.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.114156
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #palaeogenetics #ancientDNA
European Research Council (ERCMar 13

What can ancient DNA reveal about the past?

At Science is Wonderful! in Brussels, ERC grantee Cristina Valdiosera @UBUEstudiantes will show how scientists use genetics to study people who lived in colonial Mexico.

🧬 #Archaeology #AncientDNA
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https://nitter.net/ERC_Research/status/2032079479850635634#m

michaelMar 13

13-Mar-2026
The mixed #Iberian, #Mediterranean and #NorthAfrican #ancestry of an individual buried in the #Menga dolmen has been revealed

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1119901

#science #ancientDNA #andalucia #humans

The mixed Iberian, Mediterranean and North African ancestry of an individual buried in the Menga dolmen has been revealed

Researchers from the University of Seville are participating in an international study that sheds new light on the genetic diversity of Andalusian society between the 8th and 11th centuries AD and reinforces the historical significance of the dolmen as a sacred space used throughout the ages

EurekAlert!
Anthropology.netMar 10
New ancient DNA + isotope study: 1,000-year-old parrot feathers from a Peruvian elite tomb reveal live macaws were carried across the Andes centuries before the Inca. The trade network is more sophisticated than anyone expected. #Archaeology #AncientDNA #Andes https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-birds-that-crossed-the-andes
The Birds That Crossed the Andes: Ancient DNA and the Pre-Inca Parrot Trade

How feathers from a 1,000-year-old coastal tomb revealed a continent-spanning live animal trade that predated Inca roads by centuries.

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michaelMar 10
this week's feature in @CurrentBiology is about the unusual origins of #syphilis now being clarified by #ancientDNA research https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-mysteries-of-syphilis.html #science
the mysteries of syphilis

Many infectious diseases have managed to establish themselves in human populations after the advent of agriculture, when dense settlements e...