Ariano, B., Mattiangeli, V., Breslin, E. M., Parkinson, E. W., McLaughlin, R., Thompson, J. E., Power, R. K., Stock, J. T., Mercieca-Spiteri, B., Stoddart, S., Malone, C., Gopalakrishnan, S., Cassidy, L. M., & Bradley, D. G. (2022). Ancient Maltese genomes and the genetic geography of Neolithic Europe. Current Biology, 32(12), 2668-2680.e6. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.04. @science @archaeodons

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ISOGG · @isogg
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Phil Grass · @PhilGrass
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ICYMI - Everyone loves Γ–tzi

There is a new study out, re-examining the DNA of Γ–tzi, one of the oldest glacial mummies (dated 3350–3120 BCE), found near the Austrian/Italian border in 1991. This study shows two things.

He showed an unusually-high c.90% Anatolian Neolithic farmer ancestry but NO Steppe ancestry (The rest is European Hunter-Gatherer)

Also, he was much more dark-skinned than expected and had SNPs associated with male-pattern baldness.

cell.com/cell-genomics/fulltex

#ancientdna #adna

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ISOGG · @isogg
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β€œThe HLD 6 mandible provides further support for the high morphological diversity during late Middle Pleistocene hominin evolution. With these findings, it is possible that modern human morphologies are present as early as 300 ka and earlier than the emergence of modern humans in East Asia.”
sciencedirect.com/science/arti

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Phil Grass · @PhilGrass
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What's really interesting is the contrast between the paternal and maternal linages.

The yDNA came from 2 haplogroups (G2a2b2a1a2 (n=51) and H2m (n=6)) whilst for the mtDNA there were "35 unique
mitochondrial haplotypes among 57 such individuals". This suggests an "exogenous origin of these females". in other words the "females in-migrated from their birthplace" which suggests quite an interaction between different groups/clans during this time.

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Nicolas Broccard, Nuno Miguel Silva, Mathias Currat. "Simulated patterns of mitochondrial diversity are consistent with partial population turnover in Bronze Age Central Europe." American Journal of Biological Anthropology 177.1 (2021) 134-146 doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24431 @anthropology @science

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Nicolas Broccard, Nuno Miguel Silva, Mathias Currat. "Simulated patterns of mitochondrial diversity are consistent with partial population turnover in Bronze Age Central Europe." American Journal of Biological Anthropology 177.1 (2021) 134-146 doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24431 @anthropology @science

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ISOGG · @isogg
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β€œResearchers have managed the incredible feat of predicting genetic relationships between some of the earliest hominins to live on planet Earth, using little more than some proteins scraped from 2 million year old fossilized teeth.”
sciencealert.com/ancient-outsi

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ISOGG · @isogg
303 followers · 109 posts · Server genealysis.social
ISOGG · @isogg
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β€œDecades ago, we thought Homo sapiens were the only ones who could figure out how to use fire, bury their dead or create art, said Chris Stringer, a human evolution expert at London's Natural History Museum who was not involved in the research.” businessinsider.com/ancient-hu

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ISOGG · @isogg
303 followers · 93 posts · Server genealysis.social
ISOGG · @isogg
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β€œA reconstruction of oral microflora genomes spanning a whopping 100,000-year period of human history may have revealed a surprising shift in the kinds of bacteria that like to call our mouths home.”
sciencealert.com/reactivated-g

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ISOGG · @isogg
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Phil Grass · @PhilGrass
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Hi , some amazing AncientDNA research was published this week. Human DNA was recovered from a near 20 kyr Elk-bone pendant.

Paper: nature.com/articles/s41586-023

Reporting: nature.com/articles/d41586-023

A Twitter thread on how this was achieved: twitter.com/ElenaEssel/status/

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AusSMC · @AusSMC
177 followers · 670 posts · Server aus.social

πŸ”¬πŸ§¬ Researchers have extracted ancient human DNA from a 20,000-year-old Palaeolithic pendant

This could provide insights into the lives and cultures of prehistoric humans

scimex.org/newsfeed/ancient-hu

#ancientdna #palaeolithic #archaeology

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ISOGG · @isogg
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A new ancient DNA study help confirm, but also "contradict and complicate" the historical narrative that Swahilis paired up with Persians 1,000 years ago in East Africa. livescience.com/medieval-swahi

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ISOGG · @isogg
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β€œPaleogenomics can help elucidate the genetic basis of modern diseases, including inborn errors of immunity that impair the response to infections, providing a tool for drug development.”

nature.com/articles/s41591-023

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Rachel Unkefer :jeffmasto: · @runkefer
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@waldoj Holy crap, and that sentence is almost a throwaway at the very end of the article!

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