Neanderthals survived at least 3,000 years longer than we thought in Southern Iberia — what is now Spain — long after they had died out everywhere else, research suggests. Continue reading “The last (?) Neanderthals in Iberia; implications of the finds”
Hominin presence in the Philippines 709,000 years ago
An international team of researchers led by Dr Thomas Ingicco from the Museum national d’Histoire naturelle, France discovered the oldest evidence of hominins occupation in the Philippines. Continue reading “Hominin presence in the Philippines 709,000 years ago”
Ancient genomes suggest the eastern Pontic-Caspian steppe as the source of western Iron Age nomads
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Krzewińska M, Kılınç GM, Juras A, Koptekin D, Chyleński M, Nikitin AG, Shcherbakov N, Shuteleva I, Leonova T, Kraeva L, Sungatov FA, Sultanova AN, Potekhina I, Łukasik S, Krenz-Niedbała M, Dalén L, Sinika V, Jakobsson M, Storå J, Götherström A. Continue reading “Ancient genomes suggest the eastern Pontic-Caspian steppe as the source of western Iron Age nomads”
The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by de Barros Damgaard P, Martiniano R, Kamm J, Moreno-Mayar JV, Kroonen G, Peyrot M, Barjamovic G, Rasmussen S, Zacho C, Baimukhanov N, Zaibert V, Merz V, Biddanda A, Merz I, Loman V, Evdokimov V, Usmanova E, Hemphill B, Seguin-Orlando A, Yediay FE, Ullah I, Sjögren KG, Iversen KH, Choin J, de la Fuente C, Ilardo M, Schroeder H, Moiseyev V, Gromov A, Polyakov A, Omura S, Senyurt SY, Ahmad H, McKenzie C, Margaryan A, Hameed A, Samad A, Gul N, Khokhar MH, Goriunova OI, Bazaliiskii VI, Novembre J, Weber AW, Orlando L, Allentoft ME, Nielsen R, Kristiansen K, Sikora M, Outram AK, Durbin R, Willerslev E. Continue reading “The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia”
Primeval population movements and Paleoclimatology (Part II) – Pindar
Here we present and analyze an excerpt from Pindar, the lyric poet. Continue reading “Primeval population movements and Paleoclimatology (Part II) – Pindar”
Primeval population movements and Paleoclimatology – Pindar
Here we present and analyze an excerpt from Pindar, the lyric poet. Continue reading “Primeval population movements and Paleoclimatology – Pindar”