Tag: New Stone Age
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DNA Rewrites the Story of Ireland’s Stone Age Tombs
Beyond Royalty: DNA Rewrites the Story of Ireland’s Stone Age Tombs For centuries, Ireland’s ancient stone tombs were believed to be the burial sites of powerful rulers. Archaeologists For years, believed these 5,000-year-old Irish tombs were built for Neolithic kings and nobles – the powerful rulers of their time. But a new study, published…
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Ancient DNA Reveals European Boat Trip to North Africa
Ancient DNA Reveals European Boat Trip to North Africa History, as we know it, is constantly being rewritten as new discoveries emerge. And a recent study involving ancient DNA has thrown a complete reversal of expectations into our understanding of Stone Age migrations. It appears that European hunter-gatherers, those resourceful ancestors of ours, might have…