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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ombra · @ombra
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Early contact between late farming and pastoralist societies in southeastern Europe

" cultural exchange & biological interactions of many genetically distinct people coming together .. as early as 5,400 to 6,500 years ago.

Due to this "melting pot" the was characterized by a number of innovations... such as wheels, wagon transportation and improved metal-working spread quickly into western and .

phys.org/news/2023-07-ancient-

#copperage #archeology #cucuteni #yamnaya #centralasia #Europe #eneolithic

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Anthropology.net · @anthropology
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People from the steppes of modern-day Russia and Ukraine quickly spread over Eurasia about 5,300 years ago. These "Yamnaya" left a genetic legacy on people from central Europe to the Caspian Sea within a few decades. Due to their livestock herding and highly mobile lifestyle, archaeologists now refer to them as "eastern cowboys.” But evidence of horseback riding was absent from their traditional cowboy image, until now....
anthropology.net/p/the-first-t

#archaeology #anthropology #horses #yamnaya

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Stone Pages · @stonepages
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β€˜earlier than previously thought’ story of the week… β€œworld's first horse riders found near the Black Sea” - Phys.org apple.news/AobLpWPm5TrKLoVfgkP

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Ames · @runoutgroover
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β€œFive excavated skeletons dated to about 3000 to 2500 B.C. show clear signs of physical stress that hint these Yamnaya individuals may have frequently ridden , researchers reported March 3 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting and in Science Advances. That makes the the earliest humans identified as likely horseback riders so far.”

sciencenews.org/article/yamnay

#horses #yamnaya

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