prehistoric migrations
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New Study Explores Why Some People Have So Much Neanderthal DNA
A sweeping analysis of European and Asian genomes over the last 40,000 years reveals when and how some genetic exchange occurred between Homo sapiens and our closest cousins, Homo neanderthalensis. It also shows how the Neanderthals’ genetic footprint depended on later exchanges between members of our own species. Neanderthals are an extinct species of hominin…
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Study Pushes Back Interactions Between Copper Age Europeans By a Millennium
Researchers poring over genomes of people who lived during the Copper Age have found older cultural contacts between ancient groups than previously known. The early contacts—about a millennium earlier than expected—may clarify when technology and cultural exchanges occurred between groups in the North Caucasus and the northwestern edge of the Black Sea. The team’s research…
