Alexis Simon @alxsim

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**Hacker News** @h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 5d

Hacker News @h4ckernews@mastodon.social

Woman's DNA discovered in 20k year old deer-tooth pendant — https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/pendant-ancient-dna-1.6832580
#HackerNews #AncientDNA #Archaeology #Women'sHistory #DeerTooth #Pendant #Discovery

CBCWoman's DNA discovered in 20,000 year old deer-tooth pendant | CBC RadioScientists think the amulet absorbed DNA from contact with the skin of the person who wore it. That DNA tells them it was a woman related to people who lived across northern Eurasia.

**Matt Hodgkinson** @mattjhodgkinson@scicomm.xyz · Feb 18

Feb 18

Matt Hodgkinson @mattjhodgkinson@scicomm.xyz

"The group likely responsible for the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European languages did not share the same genetic makeup as the Yamnaya. Instead, it descended from a distinct but related population, which they identify as the Caucasus–Lower Volga (CLV) group, preceding the Yamnaya and forming part of the earlier expansion of Indo-Anatolian speakers."
The IE Urheimat shifts south of the Steppe.
https://linguisticsandnonsense.wordpress.com/2025/02/18/the-genetic-origins-of-the-indo-europeans-lazaridis-et-al-2025-insights/
#Paleogenetics #AncientDNA #IndoEuropeans #Anatolian #Yamnaya #HumanGenetics

Linguistics and Nonsense · Feb 18The Genetic Origins Of The Indo-Europeans – Lazaridis et al. (2025) – InsightsThe paper titled ‘The Genetic Origins of the Indo-Europeans’, was published in Nature in 2025. It is authored by Iosif Lazaridis, Nick Patterson, David Anthony, David Reich, and others …

**Marcial Tenreiro-Bermudez** @archaeoten@mastodon.social · Feb 12

Feb 12

Marcial Tenreiro-Bermudez @archaeoten@mastodon.social

Archaeoethnologica: Paleogenomic of Italy - Talk / Paleo-genómica da Italia - Palestra

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/02/paleo-genomica-da-italia-palestra.html

#Palaeogenetics #prehistory #Italy

**Marcial Tenreiro-Bermudez** @archaeoten@mastodon.social · Feb 12

Feb 12

Marcial Tenreiro-Bermudez @archaeoten@mastodon.social

Archaeoethnologica: Paleogenomic of Italy - Talk / Paleo-genómica da Italia - Palestra

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/02/paleo-genomica-da-italia-palestra.html

#Palaeogenetics #prehistory #Italy

**Matt Hodgkinson** @mattjhodgkinson@scicomm.xyz · Feb 4

Feb 4

Matt Hodgkinson @mattjhodgkinson@scicomm.xyz

If you like thinking and learning about human prehistory, you'll like this interview with geneticist David Reich. Two hours on what research tells us about human origins, how modern humans relate to Neanderthals and Denisovans, ancient DNA, ancient epidemics, admixture, how genetics informs archaeology, and the spread of the Yamnaya from the steppes.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj6skZIxPuI

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#DavidReich #HumanOrigins #HumanGenetics

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**michael** @proseandpassion@mastodon.social · Feb 3

Feb 3

michael @proseandpassion@mastodon.social

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 3: Humans have always migrated, it's in our genes. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/02/homo-migrans.html
#science #genome #migration #ancientDNA #archaeology #history #RomanEmpire #MiddleAges #MigrationPeriod #ProseAndPassion

proseandpassion.blogspot.comhomo migransIt is a sad irony that the current wave of (populist, racist, fascist etc) sentiment against people who migrate from one part of our planet ...

**Stephan Schiffels** @stschiff · Jan 30 *

Jan 30 *

Stephan Schiffels @stschiff

Fascinating new study by Lara Cassidy and Colleagues on a South British Iron Age burial site with an extraordinary matrilocal relatedness pattern (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08409-6) with women, daughters and granddaughters all buried at the site. This is the opposite pattern of what we’ve seen in other large-pedigree studies from the Neolithic or later, which are all patrilocal. #ancientDNA #history #archaeology

**Hari Tulsidas** @haritulsidas@masto.ai · Jan 28

Jan 28

Hari Tulsidas @haritulsidas@masto.ai

The DNA of 'Thorin,' one of the last Neanderthals, has been sequenced, shedding light on inbreeding and 50,000 years of genetic isolation. This discovery paints a vivid picture of Neanderthal decline, offering new insights into their final days and their legacy in our genome. #Neanderthals #AncientDNA #HumanEvolution
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/dna-of-thorin-one-of-the-last-neanderthals-finally-sequenced-revealing-inbreeding-and-50-000-years-of-genetic-isolation

**SPAAM-community** @spaam_community@genomic.social · Jan 27

Jan 27

SPAAM-community @spaam_community@genomic.social

Dear SPAAM community, please fill out this form by Jan 31 to help us gather stats & improve:
https://forms.gle/S1zgzAmsa9wkCa8D7

Reminder: Slack ends in Feb, switch to Element here
https://matrix.to/#/#spaam:archaeo.social

Google DocsSPAAMstatsCollection of demographics for the SPAAM community to be used for the ISBA annual meeting and SPAAM-related statistic

#aDNA #ancientDNA #metagenomic

**Blogorgonopsid** @blogorgonopsid@mastodon.social · Jan 19

Jan 19

Blogorgonopsid @blogorgonopsid@mastodon.social

Tomorrow, Anna Källén's new book titled 'The Trouble with Ancient DNA: Telling Stories of the Past with Genomic Science' will be released! More information on my blog.

Zítra vychází nová kniha Anny Källén s názvem 'The Trouble with Ancient DNA: Telling Stories of the Past with Genomic Science'! Více informací na mém blogu.

#newbook #genetics #adna #ancientdna #dna #archeogenetics #archeology #science #ethics #politics