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How Ancient DNA Links Pacific Islanders and Their Pigs
New study reshapes our understanding of how people and animals moved across the Pacific and how deeply that shaped island life. It is not just a story about pigs; it is a story about people, voyages, culture, and the long-term impact humans have had on ecosystems. How Pacific Peoples Carried Pigs Across ocean A major […]
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How Ancient DNA Links Pacific Islanders and Their Pigs
New study reshapes our understanding of how people and animals moved across the Pacific and how deeply that shaped island life. It is not just a story about pigs; it is a story about people, voyages, culture, and the long-term impact humans have had on ecosystems. How Pacific Peoples Carried Pigs Across ocean A major […]
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Ancient DNA Shows How Unequal Life Was in Eastern Zhou China
A new scientific study by ancient DNA has looked at skeletons from a 2,500 year old cemetery in China. The findings show how unequal life was during the Eastern Zhou period (771–221 BC), especially between rich and poor, and between men and women. Scientists used DNA, proteins, and chemical clues in bones and teeth to […]
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Ancient DNA Reveals Complex Family Structures in a 3,500-Year Old Bronze Age Community
Recent research combining archaeology and genetics has uncovered surprising insights into the social lives of a Bronze Age community in northwestern Calabria, Italy. A study published in Nature Communications by scientists from the Max Planck Harvard Research Center for the Ancient Mediterranean and the University of Bologna has, for the first time, reconstructed […]
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Beyond the Mediterranean Diet: The Ancient Villabruna Genes Linking DNA to Long Life ife
For a long time, everyone thought the “Mediterranean Diet” (healthy food like olive oil and fish) was the only reason Italians lived so long. But in December 2025, scientists found a new secret. It turns out that living to 100 isn’t just about the food on the plate—it’s hidden in their DNA. This […]
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The Vanished People of Bogotá: Secrets from 6,000-Year-Old DN
A new study has uncovered a lost group of ancient humans near Bogotá, Colombia. Scientists looked at old bones and found their DNA tells a surprising story. This “ghost lineage” lived 6,000 years ago but left no family behind in today’s people. It’s a big find that changes what we know about early humans […]
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Hippos in Ice Age Europe? Ancient DNA is Rewriting Our Wildlife History
You might be surprised to learn that hippos once lived in Europe not just during warm periods, but right in the middle of the Ice Age! But new research turns that idea on its head. Scientists have discovered that hippos lived in Germany’s Upper Rhine valley between about 49,000 and 31,000 years ago […]