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Solving mystery at tip of South America - Harvard Gazette

We found this new lineage, a new group of people we didn't know about before, that has persisted as the main ancestry component for at least the last 8,000 years up to the present day.

Science

fromwww.scientificamerican.com

2 months ago

Languages Have Mixed through History. Our Genes Can Reveal How

Genetic admixture between populations correlates with a 4–9% increased likelihood of linguistic feature sharing due to elevated linguistic borrowing.

Mental health

fromNature

3 months ago

Spouses tend to share psychiatric disorders, massive study finds

People with a psychiatric disorder are more likely to marry someone with the same condition in Taiwan, Denmark and Sweden; the pattern persists across generations.

History

fromMedievalists.net

3 months ago

Early Medieval Caucasus Was a Crossroads of Peoples, DNA Study Finds - Medievalists.net

Southern Caucasus retained a stable local gene pool during the early medieval period despite political changes and cultural influences.

philosophy

fromAeon

7 months ago

A resurrected defence of beanbag genetics | Aeon Essays

Life's complexity showcases interconnectedness from small molecules to large ecosystems, revealing evolutionary patterns.