Olden DNA

Tag: Paleogenomics

  • Hippos in Ice Age Europe? Ancient DNA is Rewriting Our Wildlife History
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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…

  • Ancient DNA Reveals a Matrilineal Society in Neolithic China

        For decades, studies of ancient DNA have pointed to patrilocal societies where men stayed in their birth communities while women moved as the dominant social structure in early human civilizations. However, groundbreaking research from the Fujia archaeological site in eastern China has uncovered something unexpected: a stable matrilineal society that thrived for over…