Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A previously overlooked letter and a news article that was never published, both written in 1953, add to other lines of evidence showing Rosalind Franklin was an equal contributor—not a victim—in the discovery of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The first people to live in the Americas migrated from Siberia across the Bering land bridge more than 20,000 years ago. Some made their way as far south as Tierra del Fuego, at the tip
AncientPages.com – Pre-colonial African history is alive with tales of civilizations rising and falling and of different cultures intermingling across the continent. We have now shed more light on some of these societies using the science of genetics. In a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Long obscured in the shadows of history, the world’s first nomadic empire—the Xiongnu—is, at last, coming into view thanks to painstaking archaeological excavations and new ancient DNA evidence. Arising on the Mongolian steppe 1,500 years
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An analysis of ancient genomes suggests that different branches of the human family tree interbred multiple times and that some humans carry DNA from an archaic, unknown ancestor. Who was this mysterious ancient individual? Roughly
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Denisovans and the Neanderthals are long gone, but their DNA can be found in certain modern humans. According to researchers, some present-day humans derive up to ~5% of their ancestry from archaic Denisovans, an
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new study of great importance sheds vivid light on pioneering female migrants who made their way to Orkney during the Bronze Age revolutionary investigation. Paired buildings at Noltland. Credit: EASE Archaeology via the Antiquity
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – When the human remains found on board the Swedish warship Vasa were investigated, it was initially determined that the skeleton designated “G” was a man. New research now shows that the skeleton is actually from
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A University of South Florida anthropologist has uncovered the first ancient DNA from the Swahili Civilization, which included prosperous trading states along the coast of East Africa dating back to the 7th century. The site
Conny Waters – Ancientpages.com – Traces of ancient empires that stretched across Africa remain in the DNA of people living on the continent, reveals a new genetics study led by UCL researchers. Published in Science Advances, the collaboration between UCL geneticists
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – People living on the ‘Swahili coast’ – the Indian Ocean coast of eastern Africa – have African and Asian ancestry according to new research on ancient DNA. One of the sites excavated along the coastline.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Ludwig van Beethoven’s genome has been sequenced for the first time by an international team of scientists using five genetically matching locks of the well-known composer’s hair. Painting of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Joseph Karl
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Ashaninka are the most numerous Indigenous people living in the rainforests of Peru and Brazil where they inhabit a crucial area between the Andes and sources of the Amazon River. And yet, despite the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest plateau above sea level, is one of the harshest environments settled by humans. It has a cold and arid environment and its elevation often surpasses 4000 meters above
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Using DNA analysis and modern forensic techniques, scientists have reconstructed the face of a Stone Age boy who lived in Norway. The Vistegutten – the boy from Viste died at only 14 years old. Why
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com- The first signs of life emerged on Earth in the form of microbes about four billion years ago. While scientists are still determining exactly when and how these microbes appeared, it’s clear that the emergence
