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First ancient DNA from mainland Finland reveals origins of Siberian ancestry in region

HeritageDailyNovember 27, 2018November 27, 2018

by HeritageDailyNovember 27, 2018November 27, 201805633

Researchers from the Max-Planck-Institute for the Science of Human History and the University of Helsinki have analyzed the first ancient DNA from mainland Finland.

Biology

Ancient human population histories revealed in Central and South America

HeritageDailyNovember 9, 2018

by HeritageDailyNovember 9, 201803451

The first high quality ancient DNA data from Central and South America--49 individuals some as old as 11,000 years--has revealed a major and previously unknown

Biology

‘Potato gene’ reveals how ancient Andeans adapted to starchy diet

HeritageDailyNovember 8, 2018

by HeritageDailyNovember 8, 201801971

Potatoes, native to South America, became an agricultural crop thousands of years ago in the Andean highlands of Peru. And just as the ancient Andean

Biology

DNA of world’s oldest natural mummy unlocks secrets of Ice Age tribes in the Americas

HeritageDailyNovember 8, 2018

by HeritageDailyNovember 8, 201803285

A legal battle over a 10,600 year old ancient skeleton - called the 'Spirit Cave Mummy' - has ended after advanced DNA sequencing found it

Biology

New, large sequence panel enables population genetics research in Africa

HeritageDailyOctober 22, 2018

by HeritageDailyOctober 22, 201801177

Geneticists have assembled the largest sets of African genomic data available to date, creating a resource that will help researchers understand the genetic structure of

Biology

Parasites from medieval latrines unlock secrets of human history

HeritageDailyOctober 15, 2018

by HeritageDailyOctober 15, 201808928

A radical new approach combining archaeology, genetics and microscopy can reveal long-forgotten secrets of human diet, sanitation and movement from studying parasites in ancient poo,

Biology

Modern humans inherited viral defenses from Neanderthals

HeritageDailyOctober 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyOctober 4, 201803261

Neanderthals mysteriously disappeared about 40,000 years ago, but before vanishing they interbred with another human species that was just beginning its global spread.

Biology

DNA of early medieval Alemannic warriors and their entourage decoded

HeritageDailySeptember 11, 2018

by HeritageDailySeptember 11, 2018011509

In 1962, an Alemannic burial site containing human skeletal remains was discovered in Niederstotzingen (Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Researchers at the Eurac Research Centre in Bozen-Bolzano, Italy,

Biology

Researchers reveal hidden rules of genetics for how life on Earth began

HeritageDailyJuly 31, 2018

by HeritageDailyJuly 31, 201802020

All living things use the genetic code to “translate” DNA-based genetic information into proteins, which are the main working molecules in cells. Precisely how the

Biology Tech & Engineering

Knowing your ancestors – DNA Testing

HeritageDailyJuly 23, 2018July 23, 2018

by HeritageDailyJuly 23, 2018July 23, 201803614

Ever wondered where you really come from? As a historian, that's been a large part of my journey with HeritageDaily. Discovering the past and a

Biology

Evidence of Salmonella Paratyphi C found for the first time in medieval northern Europe

HeritageDailyJuly 20, 2018

by HeritageDailyJuly 20, 201804175

Genome research conducted by the University of Warwick suggests that enteric fever, a potentially lethal disease more commonly found in hot countries, was present in

Biology

Otago-led research cites faulty science and ethics in DNA analyzes of ‘Ata’

HeritageDailyJuly 19, 2018

by HeritageDailyJuly 19, 201803074

University of Otago-led international collaborative research calls into question the ethics and skeletal and genomic analysis surrounding research into the much publicised alien-like "Atacama mummy".

Biology

Eating bone marrow played a key role in the evolution of the human hand

HeritageDailyJuly 11, 2018

by HeritageDailyJuly 11, 201803240

The strength required to access the high calorie content of bone marrow may have played a key role in the evolution of the human hand

Biology

First ancient syphilis genomes decoded

HeritageDailyJune 22, 2018July 11, 2018

by HeritageDailyJune 22, 2018July 11, 201804697

An international research team, including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, the University of Tübingen, the National School of

Biology

Oldest bubonic plague genome decoded

HeritageDailyJune 11, 2018July 11, 2018

by HeritageDailyJune 11, 2018July 11, 2018014854

An international team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History has analyzed two 3,800-year-old Y. pestis genomes that suggest a

Biology

The genes from Icelanda’s first settlers reveal the origin of their population in detail

HeritageDailyJune 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyJune 4, 20180505

In just over 1,000 years, Icelanders have gone through numerous changes in their gene pool, to the extent that Iceland's first settlers, who came to

Biology

Wars and clan structure may explain a strange biological event 7,000 years ago

HeritageDailyMay 30, 2018

by HeritageDailyMay 30, 20180711

Starting about 7,000 years ago, something weird seems to have happened to men: Over the next two millennia, recent studies suggest, their genetic diversity -specifically,

Biology

Scientists analyze first ancient human DNA from Southeast Asia

HeritageDailyMay 18, 2018

by HeritageDailyMay 18, 20180485

The first whole-genome analyses of ancient human DNA from Southeast Asia reveal that there were at least three major waves of human migration into the

Biology

What we inherited from our bug-eating ancestors

HeritageDailyMay 17, 2018

by HeritageDailyMay 17, 20181266

People who advocate adding insects to the human diet may be channeling their distant ancestors.

Biology

A European origin for leprosy?

HeritageDailyMay 11, 2018

by HeritageDailyMay 11, 20180278

New research by an international team including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, the University of Tübingen, EPFL Lausanne

Biology

Stone Age hepatitis B virus decoded

HeritageDailyMay 10, 2018

by HeritageDailyMay 10, 20180470

An international team of scientists led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the University of Kiel has

Biology

Ancient quids reveal clues about genetic ancestry of early Great Basin inhabitants

HeritageDailyApril 30, 2018May 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyApril 30, 2018May 4, 20180333

If you want to know about your ancestors today, you can send a little saliva to a company where - for a fee - they

Category : Biology

First ancient DNA from mainland Finland reveals origins of Siberian ancestry in region

Ancient human population histories revealed in Central and South America

‘Potato gene’ reveals how ancient Andeans adapted to starchy diet

DNA of world’s oldest natural mummy unlocks secrets of Ice Age tribes in the Americas

New, large sequence panel enables population genetics research in Africa

Parasites from medieval latrines unlock secrets of human history

Modern humans inherited viral defenses from Neanderthals

DNA of early medieval Alemannic warriors and their entourage decoded

Researchers reveal hidden rules of genetics for how life on Earth began

Knowing your ancestors – DNA Testing

Evidence of Salmonella Paratyphi C found for the first time in medieval northern Europe

Otago-led research cites faulty science and ethics in DNA analyzes of ‘Ata’

Eating bone marrow played a key role in the evolution of the human hand

First ancient syphilis genomes decoded

Oldest bubonic plague genome decoded

The genes from Icelanda’s first settlers reveal the origin of their population in detail

Wars and clan structure may explain a strange biological event 7,000 years ago

Scientists analyze first ancient human DNA from Southeast Asia

What we inherited from our bug-eating ancestors

A European origin for leprosy?

Stone Age hepatitis B virus decoded

Ancient quids reveal clues about genetic ancestry of early Great Basin inhabitants

Roman Sex, Sexuality, Slaves and Lex Scantinia

Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years

Half the population of the Viking-town Sigtuna were migrants

Georadar detects a Viking ship in Norway

Archaeologists identify ancient North American mounds using new image analysis technique

You are what you eat: High dietary versatility characteristic for early hominins

First-ever look at complete skeleton of Thylacoleo, Australia’s extinct ‘marsupial lion’

Did supernovae kill off large ocean animals at dawn of Pleistocene?

Chickens to be marker of Anthropocene

Rethinking the history related to indigenous sites in northeast North America