Tag: aDNA
Cats first finagled their way into human hearts and homes thousands...
Jonathan Losos, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
A few years ago, I had the opportunity...
Ancient DNA is restoring the origin story of the Swahili people...
Chapurukha Kusimba, University of South Florida and David Reich, Harvard University
The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilization is...
Our Homo sapiens ancestors shared the world with Neanderthals, Denisovans and...
Joshua Akey, Princeton University
When the first modern humans arose in East Africa sometime between 200,000 and 300,000 years...
What’s next for ancient DNA studies after Nobel Prize honors groundbreaking...
Mary Prendergast, Rice University
For the first time, a Nobel Prize recognized the field of anthropology, the study of...
Ancient DNA is revealing the genetic landscape of people who first...
Melinda A. Yang, University of Richmond
The very first human beings originally emerged in Africa before spreading across Eurasia about 60,000 years ago. After that,...
Humans domesticated horses – new tech could help archaeologists figure out...
William Taylor, University of Colorado Boulder
In the increasingly urbanized world, few people still ride horses for reasons beyond sport or leisure. However, on horseback,...
Ancient DNA is revealing the origins of livestock herding in Africa
Mary Prendergast, Saint Louis University – Madrid and Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
Visitors to East Africa are often...
Ancient DNA is revealing the origins of livestock herding in Africa
Mary Prendergast, Saint Louis University – Madrid and Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
Visitors to East Africa are often...