michaelJun 26, 2025
26-Jun-2025
#Genomes from people across modern-day #India shed light on 50,000 years of evolutionary history
India’s population is genetically one of the most #diverse in the world, yet it remains underrepresented in global datasets. researchers analyzed genomic data from more than 2,700 people from across India, capturing genetic variation from most geographic regions, linguistic groups, and communities. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1088214 #science #humans #populationHistory
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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...

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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.

Phys.org