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A genomic history of the North Pontic Region from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age Abstract The north Black Sea (Pontic) Region was the nexus of the farmers of Old Europe and the foragers and pastoralists of the Eurasian steppe, and the source of waves of migrants that expanded deep into Europe...

Steppe Ancestry in western Eurasia and the spread of the Germanic Languages Abstract Germanic-speaking populations historically form an integral component of the North and Northwest European cultural configuration. According to linguistic consensus, the common ancestor of the Germanic...

High-coverage genome of the Tyrolean Iceman reveals unusually high Anatolian farmer ancestry Highlights •High-coverage genome of the Iceman •Unusually high Anatolian-farmer-related ancestry •Dark skin and likely bald Summary The Tyrolean Iceman is known as one of the oldest human glacier...

Patrilocality and hunter-gatherer-related ancestry of populations in East-Central Europe during the Middle Bronze AgeAbstractThe demographic history of East-Central Europe after the Neolithic period remains poorly explored, despite this region being on the confluence of various ecological zones...

Virgin birth’ genetically engineered into female animals for the first time For the first time, scientists have used genetic engineering to trigger ‘virgin birth’ in female animals that normally need a male partner to reproduce1. Previously, scientists have generated young mice2 and frogs3 with...

Ancient ‘Unknown’ Middle-Iranian Script Is Finally Deciphered Abstract Several dozen inscriptions in an unknown writing system have been discovered in an area stretching geographically from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to southern Afghanistan. Most inscriptions can be dated to the...

Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers Abstract Modern humans have populated Europe for more than 45,000 years1,2. Our knowledge of the genetic relatedness and structure of ancient hunter-gatherers is however limited, owing to the scarceness and poor...

Over at FTDNA they announced that R1b-L754 has split because of a Tajik man from Sughd Province. If I am understanding them correctly the split must have happened in Central Asia. This clade is Pre-M269 and indirectly linked to the Yamnaya/Corded ware people...

Ancient genome of Empress Ashina reveals the Northeast Asian origin of Göktürk Khanate Abstract We have unveiled the first genomic profile of the ancient Türkic royal family and Chinese historical celebrities. Our genomic analyses of Empress Ashina revealed Göktürk's Northeast Asian origin...

Ancient DNA reveals admixture history and endogamy in the prehistoric Aegean Abstract The Neolithic and Bronze Ages were highly transformative periods for the genetic history of Europe but for the Aegean—a region fundamental to Europe’s prehistory—the biological dimensions of cultural...

Genetic History of Anatolia during Holocene Anatolia has been a key region in Eurasian history, acting as a bridge for cultural exchanges between Europe and Asia during the Holocene. However, the demographic transformation of Anatolian and neighbouring populations during these ten millennia is...

Ancient DNA from Mesopotamia suggests distinct Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic migrations into Anatolia Connecting genes and historyStories about the peopling—and people—of Southern Europe and West Asia have been passed down for thousands of years, and these stories have contributed to our...

Lecture by Prof. David Reich - "The Genetic History of the Southern Arc: A Bridge between West Asia & Europe" - "The lecture will be held at the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies at 11am on Tuesday, 12 July 2022." "We present an integrative genetic history of the Southern Arc, an area...

Mesolithic and Neolithic in Sicily Highlights 1.Genetic transition between Early Mesolithic and Late Mesolithic hunter-gatherers. 2.A near-complete genetic turnover during the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition. 3.Exchange of subsistence practices between hunter-gatherers and early farmers...

Dairying in the Caucasus and Eurasian steppes Abstract Archaeological and archaeogenetic evidence points to the Pontic–Caspian steppe zone between the Caucasus and the Black Sea as the crucible from which the earliest steppe pastoralist societies arose and spread, ultimately influencing...

Earliest Islamic burials in the Levant Abstract The Middle East plays a central role in human history harbouring a vast diversity of ethnic, cultural and religious groups. However, much remains to be understood about past and present genomic diversity in this region. Here, we present for the...

Mycenaean-era tablet opens new avenues for studying Homer and Greek Classics. A newly discovered Linear B tablet from the Peloponnesian site of Agios Vasileios (Sparti) constitutes the “smoking-gun” of the fact that Homeric poetry was known (and written!) in the second millennium BCE...

Highlights •Long-distance and rapid trans-Eurasian migration during the 7th century Avar period •Striking genetic similarity between early Avar elites and the Rouran in Mongolia •Substantial genetic variation mirroring social and micro-geographic structure •High eastern Eurasian ancestry...

New archeological paper about Khvalynsk. Shared by Lazaridis on Twitter. Abstract The genetically attested migrations of the third millennium BC have made the origins and nature of the Yamnaya culture a question of broad relevance across northern Eurasia. But none of the key archaeological...