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Mail Online
3 months ago
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Scientists solve 20,000-year missing gap in human history

Homo sapiens left Africa 70,000 years ago
20,000-year gap filled by ancient DNA [ more ]
Ars Technica
5 months ago
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An Alaskan mammoth and ancient humans frequented the same areas

The tusk of a mammoth that lived 14,000 years ago has provided scientists with insights into its life, including its sex and relationships with other mammoths.
Analysis of isotopes found in the tusk revealed the mammoth's movements over two decades and showed that it frequented areas once inhabited by ancient humans. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
5 months ago
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Ancient steppe herders brought higher risk of MS to northern Europe

Northern Europeans have a higher risk of multiple sclerosis due to genetic variants brought by ancient horseback-riding cattle herders
The gene variants that increase the risk of multiple sclerosis probably also protected the herders from infections [ more ]
english.elpais.com
1 week ago
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The mystery of the last mammoths: Neither the climate, nor human hunting nor genetics explain their extinction

The study of the woolly mammoth genome from Wrangel Island provides insights into their population growth and eventual mysterious extinction. [ more ]
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