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Good discussion here of the peopling of #Sahul by a 'long chronology', that is reaching New Guinea and Australia by 60,000 years.

Previous data showing Aus and PNG populations carry the signature of Neanderthal interbreeding (some 55-50 Kya in the Middle East) suggests the 'chronology' was more recent OR all the first wave left no descendants today. But these calibrated #mtDNA results suggest different, people do descend from the early pioneers, entering via two routes, the main one N Indonesia-Philippines, and another southerly one.

#archaeogenetics #maritimearchaeology

https://phys.org/news/2025-12-guineans-aboriginal-australians-descend-groups.html

Ancient DNA from a Calabrian cave reveals a small Bronze Age mountain community shaped by tight kinship, selective mobility, and extreme consanguinity. A reminder that prehistory was complex, local, and deeply human. #Archaeogenetics #BronzeAge #HumanEvolution #Bioarchaeology https://www.anthropology.net/p/kinship-in-the-shadows-of-the-apennines

New genomic evidence suggests humans reached Sahul around 60,000 years ago via two distinct routes. The findings highlight early seafaring, deep population roots, and complex migrations shaping Indigenous Australian and Papuan ancestry. #Anthropology #Archaeogenetics #Sahul #HumanOrigins https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-first-horizon-how-ancient-genomes

New genomic research shows that most modern dogs carry small traces of ancient wolf ancestry that influenced size, behavior, and adaptation. Even chihuahuas are a little wolf. A deeper look at how dogs evolved with humans. #Archaeogenetics #Dogs #Wolves #Evolution https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-wolves-within

Ancient DNA from Argentina reveals a previously unknown lineage that has endured for over 8,500 years, reshaping what we know about the peopling of South America. #Archaeogenetics #Argentina #HumanOrigins #AncientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-lost-lineage-of-the-pampas-how

Ancient DNA reveals how the Sarmatians—steppe warriors who once challenged Rome—migrated, mixed, and quietly became part of Europe’s genetic legacy. Their story is one of disappearance through survival. #Archaeogenetics #HumanEvolution #AncientDNA #Sarmatians https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-vanished-riders-of-the-steppe

🧬 **Unveiling the origins and genetic makeup of the “forgotten people”: A study of the Sarmatian-period population in the Carpathian Basin**

"_We have shown that the CB Sarmatians are descendants of the Sarmatians from the Ural and Kazakhstan regions, who migrated from the Carpathian foothills in present-day Romania. The descendants of the substantial CB Sarmatian population formed a significant portion of the population during the subsequent Hun era._"

Schütz, O. et al. (2025) 'Unveiling the origins and genetic makeup of the “forgotten people”: A study of the Sarmatian-period population in the Carpathian Basin,' Cell, 188(15), pp. 4074-4090.e11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.009.

#OpenAccess #OA #Article #Archaeogenetics #Science #Genetics #Migration #Academia

A broken gene helped early farmers survive Neolithic plagues. The FUT2 mutation blocked norovirus but raised other risks—a tradeoff still shaping our health. #HumanEvolution #Archaeogenetics #AncientDNA #Microbes https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-mutation-that-shielded-early

A 40,000-year-old East Asian genome reveals an early Homo sapiens lineage with almost no Denisovan ancestry—challenging ideas about contact, migration, and evolution across Ice Age Asia. #Archaeogenetics #HumanEvolution #Denisovans #Pleistocene @janetk.bsky.social https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-missing-denisovan-shadow

Ancient DNA from China’s Baligang site reveals 5,000-year-old kinship ties, climate-driven migrations, and the earliest patrilineal clan in East Asia. #Archaeogenetics #NeolithicChina #AncientDNA #Anthropology https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-river-between-worlds-how-ancient

How the Slavic Migration Reshaped Central and Eastern Europe
https://www.mpg.de/25256341/0827-evan-slavic-migration-reshaped-central-and-eastern-europe-150495-x
#ycombinator #Slavs #migration #archaeogenetics #population_genetics #Europe

🧬 **Ancient DNA connects large-scale migration with the spread of Slavs**

"_Our data demonstrate large-scale population movement from Eastern Europe during the sixth to eighth centuries, replacing more than 80% of the local gene pool in Eastern Germany, Poland and Croatia. Yet, we also show substantial regional heterogeneity as well as a lack of sex-biased admixture, indicating varying degrees of cultural assimilation of the autochthonous populations._"

Gretzinger, J., Biermann, F., Mager, H. et al. Ancient DNA connects large-scale migration with the spread of Slavs. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09437-6.

#OpenAccess #OA #Article #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Archaeogenetics #Science #Genetics #Ancient #DNA #Academia @archaeodons @science

Ancient DNA shows the Slavic migrations reshaped Europe, replacing much of the local gene pool in regions like Poland & Germany. Entire families moved, blending with locals & forming new societies. #Archaeogenetics #HumanEvolution #Slavs https://www.anthropology.net/p/how-the-slavic-migrations-reshaped

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 **West African ancestry in seventh-century England: two individuals from Kent and Dorset**

"_Focusing primarily on a sub-adult female from Updown in Kent, the authors explore the societal and cultural contexts in which these individuals lived and died, and the widening geographic links indicated by their presence, pointing back to the Byzantine reconquest of North Africa in AD 533–534._"

Sayer, D. et al. (2025) ‘West African ancestry in seventh-century England: two individuals from Kent and Dorset’, Antiquity, pp. 1–15. doi: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10139.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Science #Genetics #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Archaeogenetics #DNA #Africa #Kent #Dorset #UK #UnitedKingdom #Britain #AngloSaxon #England #Medieval #Medievodons #Migration #Academia @archaeodons @medievodons

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"_Our results reveal a persisting local gene pool that, during the Middle-Late BA, absorbed additional ancestry from Anatolia and the neighboring Eurasian Steppe. In subsequent periods, we document population growth and increasing genetic diversity, supported by a high rate of individual ancestry outliers, particularly in urban centers of eastern Georgia._"

Skourtanioti et al., The genetic history of the Southern Caucasus from the Bronze Age to the Early Middle Ages: 5,000 years of genetic continuity despite high mobility, Cell (2025), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.07.013.

#OpenAccess #OA #Article #Science #Genetics #Ancient #DNA #Genomics #Archaeogenetics #History #Migration #Caucasus #BronzeAge #MiddleAges #Academia #Academics @science

Genetics and computational biology also helps us understand our past. The shift to agriculture and a sedentary lifestyle are a major turning point in human history. Yet, how this Neolithic way of life spread has been the subject of intense debate. A Turkish-Swiss team sheds new light in Science by combining archaeology and genetics.

#Genetics #Archaeogenetics #NeolithicRevolution #HumanHistory #PublishedInScience #InterdisciplinaryResearch #Innovation

**Unveiling the origins and genetic makeup of the “forgotten people”: A study of the Sarmatian-period population in the Carpathian Basin**

“_Our findings reveal minor East Asian ancestry in the Carpathian Basin (CB) Sarmatians, distinguishing them from other regional populations. Using F4 statistics, qpAdm, and identity-by-descent (IBD) analysis, we show that CB Sarmatians descended from Steppe Sarmatians originating in the Ural and Kazakhstan regions, with Romanian Sarmatians serving as a possible genetic bridge between the two groups._”

Schütz, Oszkár et al., (2025). Unveiling the origins and genetic makeup of the “forgotten people”: A study of the Sarmatian-period population in the Carpathian Basin. Cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.009.

#OpenAccess #OA #Article #Science #Archaeogenetics #Genetics #Roman #Migration #Academia #Academics @science