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http://biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2017/03/03/113241.full.pdf Recent ancient DNA studies have revealed that the genetic history of modernEuropeans was shaped by a series of migration and admixture events betweendeeply diverged groups. While these events are well described in Central...

http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)31542-1 Highlights •A degree of genetic continuity from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic in the Baltic •Steppe-related genetic influences found in the Baltic during the Neolithic •No Anatolian farmer-related genetic admixture in...

Article here. Running for work, will read later. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00438-016-1267-z

So, guys? Which ones of us are the least biased on this forum? :) A very nice and thought provoking read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_blind_spot

From Eurogenes: http://eurogenes.blogspot.com/2016/08/eaa-2016-abstracts.html Recent studies of ancient genomes have revealed two large-scale prehistoric population movements into Europe after the initial settlement by modern humans: A first expansion from the Near East that brought agricultural...

Taken from facebook. So, since we talk about genes here, a question: What was the effect (if any) of spread of Christianity on European genes?

Asian and AmerIndian: http://majnouna.deviantart.com/art/Guide-to-Human-Types-part-1-32046017 Euros: http://majnouna.deviantart.com/art/Guide-to-Human-Types-part-2-33220929 Afros & Pacific: http://majnouna.deviantart.com/art/Guide-to-Human-Types-part-3-34877428 So, what do you say, does that...

Rewriting the Central European Early Bronze Age Chronology: Evidence from Large-Scale Radiocarbon Dating Philipp W. Stockhammer , Ken Massy , Corina Knipper, Ronny Friedrich, Bernd Kromer, Susanne Lindauer, Jelena Radosavljević, Fabian Wittenborn, Johannes Krause Published: October 21, 2015...

Introduction or reintroduction of buckwheat to North East Europe happened in different ways and probably time based on names given to this plant by Balts, Slavs and Baltic Finns. Balts and Slavs call buckwheat Greek (griķi, grechka), as if it was introduced by Greeks or by population who learned...

It appears there is some general sort of misunderstanding with K and G in Satem being treated as irregularity or a borrowing. However the theory is (quotes from wiki): "The centum group includes the "western" branches of Italic, Celtic, Germanic and Greek. This group merged Proto-Indo-European...

Jena Conference on Oct 11th-14th: http://www.shh.mpg.de/105110/lag_conference Not sure if they gonna present any new data, but Look at their speakers!!

Y-Chromosomal Lineages of Latvians in the Context of the Genetic Variation of the Eastern-Baltic Region Liana Pliss, Līga Timša, Siiri Rootsi, Kristiina Tambets, Inese Pelnena, Egija Zole, Agrita Puzuka, Areta Sabule, Sandra Rozane, Baiba Lace, Vaidutis Kucinskas, Astrida Krumina, Renate Ranka...

New article on the subject: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/aug/17/mass-grave-prehistoric-warfare-ancient-european-farming-community-neolithic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_society#Names The use of two-word compound words for personal names, typically but not always ascribing some noble or heroic feat to their bearer, is so common in Indo-European languages that it seems certainly inherited. These names are often of...

Decided this needed a post of its own. Quote below taken from user Garrick. If this decipherment is legit, then Pelasgian question is solved. Or is not it?

There are discussions whether Corded Ware was genetically Indo-European or just Indo-Europeanised culture. So, what is similar and what is different in Corded Ware and Yamna? Here a text by Russian archeologyst Klein who participated in Yamna excavations, google translate: "...Origin of Corded...

According to anthropologists there were two type of skulls found in Mesolithic Karelia. One was characterised as Europoid and other as metis with Mongoloid features. I provide below the famous reconstruction of faces: Recently Haak et al came up with EHG concept which was characterised as...

Ok, trying to present music that characterise Latvian people. Imants Kalniņš - Dūdieviņš (game of words Dūdieviņš is little bird that sings to God (Dieviņš)) This is magical trance pearl of Latvian composer. Dated somewhere in 60-ies. Featuring South Euro (?) commentators, apparently with...

So, why then women like well built men?

Slavic expansion period after 500 AD included Justinian plague http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Slavs But here is info on black death of Medieval http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death especially interesting is this picture...