Tag: Anthropology
People in the Philippines have the most Denisovan DNA
Researchers found the relatively high proportion of DNA from a hominin cousin—nearly 5 percent—when they scanned more than 1,000 genomes from 118 distinct ethnic...
Exploring blood types of Neanderthal and Denisovan individuals
Blood group analyses for three Neanderthals and one Denisovan by a team from the Anthropologie Bio-Culturelle, Droit, Éthique et Santé research unit (CNRS /...
Researchers find Highland East Asian origin for prehistoric Himalayan populations
Prehistoric Himalayan settlements are remote and only accessible today by horse and on foot.Credit: University of Oklahoma
In a collaborative study by the University of...
Research proves Aboriginal Australians were first inhabitants
Griffith University researchers have found evidence that demonstrates Aboriginal people were the first to inhabit Australia.
The work refutes an earlier landmark study that claimed...
Migration back to Africa took place during the Palaeolithic
The complete mitogenome of Pestera Muierii woman has been retrieved.Credit: E. Trinkaus and A. Soficaru
A research group has managed to retrieve the mitochondrial genome...
New research maps in unique detail the devastation of the Black...
Areas of the UK heavily affected by the Black DeathAntiquity/University of Lincoln
An innovative new archaeological study has revealed in detail for the first time...
Pre-Clovis civilization in Florida; settlement 1,500 years earlier than previously believed
FSU Assistant Professor Jessi Halligan is the lead researcher on the project. During the diver, they recovered many mastodon and llama bones.Credit: Bruce Palmer/Florida...
Genetic testing: Bene Israel community in India has Jewish roots
A new study from Tel Aviv University, Cornell University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine reveals genetic proof of the Jewish roots of...
