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14,000 years ago2

• The genetic history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas is divided into two distinct periods: the initial peopling of the Americas during about 20,000 to 14,000 years ago (20-14 kya), and European contact, after about 500 years ago. (wikipedia.org)
• One approach holds that Ice Age Siberians, known from archaeological finds, reached North America between 16,000 and 14,000 years ago and, within a few millennia, journeyed south across the continent through a gap in the melting ice sheet. (sciencenews.org)

Linguistic5

• Linguistic studies have reinforced genetic studies, with relationships between languages found among those spoken in Siberia and those spoken in the Americas. (wikipedia.org)
• The vast cultural and linguistic diversity of Latin American countries is still far from being fully represented by genetic surveys. (sciencedaily.com)
• When contradicted by both linguistic and genetic evidence, reality is hard for anyone not totally brainwashed to ignore. (freethoughtblogs.com)
• however, the indications from genetic, cultural and linguistic isolation studies point to habitation going back 30,000 - 60,000 years, well into the Middle Palaeolithic era. (incredibleindia.org)
• The set of non-African Y chromosomes found in the Malagasy was much more similar to the set of lineages found in Borneo than in any other population, which demonstrates striking agreement between the genetic and linguistic evidence. (mongabay.com)

Diversity8

• The Indigenous American populations show a lesser genetic diversity than populations from other continental regions. (wikipedia.org)
• Observed is a decreasing genetic diversity as geographic distance from the Bering Strait occurs, as well as a decreasing genetic similarity to Siberian populations from Alaska (the genetic entry point). (wikipedia.org)
• These data indicate no evidence for the effects of a domestication bottleneck, but instead reveal a steady decline in genetic diversity over time coupled with an accumulating mutation load. (nature.com)
• A new study reveals signatures of history, ecology and cultural diversity in the genetic makeup of living rural populations. (sciencedaily.com)
• A new study in Molecular Biology and Evolution by an international team lead by scholars from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and from the University of Zurich reveals signatures of history, ecology and cultural diversity in the genetic makeup of living rural populations. (sciencedaily.com)
• This sits ill with an old consensus among historians and anthropologists (bolstered by brand-new genetic studies) that likens the Indian population to a melting pot with great genetic diversity over millennia. (outlookindia.com)
• The position of the Armenians within the global genetic diversity appears to mirror the geographical location of Turkey. (eupedia.com)
• Genetic diversity, phylogeography and molecular clock of the Lutzomyia longipalpis complex (Diptera: Psychodidae). (cdc.gov)

Analyses2

• Paleopedology, palynology, anthropology, metallography, ceramic technical, and technological analyses were used together with archaeological methods to make a more detailed description of the culture. (blogspot.com)
• We present an alternative model based on a combination of genetic analyses and recent archaeological evidence from South Asia and Africa. (anthropogeny.org)

Anthropological1

• In combination with other archaeological and anthropological records, we investigated the temporal and spatial scale of individual movement, mobility patterns of specific categories of people and possible social drivers behind them. (springer.com)

Genomes3

• Genomes of archaeological crops have the potential to reveal these dynamics without being obscured by recent breeding or introgression. (nature.com)
• It is becoming feasible to reconstitute the genomes of vanished species in living form, using genetic material from preserved specimens and archaeological artifacts. (newscientist.com)
• Historic Treponema pallidum genomes from Colonial Mexico retrieved from archaeological remains. (cdc.gov)

Specimens2

• Her undergraduate research focused on the use of genetic markers to sex historic and archeological walrus specimens. (uaf.edu)
• The majority of ancient DNA studies on human specimens have utilised teeth and bone as a source of genetic material. (whiterose.ac.uk)

America1

• The Archaeological Institute of America-Jacksonville Society will celebrate International Archaeology Day with its annual fair at the Beaches Museum in Jacksonville Beach from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. (archaeological.org)

Biodiversity1

• Our research is also focused on genetic biodiversity and if specific allelic variants can be linked to observed responses. (lu.se)

Findings3

• Knowledge sources about the pre-Columbian Tairona civilization are limited to archaeological findings and a few written references from the Spanish colonial era. (wikipedia.org)
• A press conference in New Delhi this morning, held to explain the findings of a much-awaited genetic study published on Thursday, saw some contentious themes in history being revisited. (outlookindia.com)
• The new findings, published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, show that the human inhabitants of Madagascar are similarly unique - amazingly, half of their genetic lineages derive from settlers from the region of Borneo, with the other half from East Africa. (mongabay.com)

Neolithic1

• Finally, we show that Armenians have higher genetic affinity to Neolithic Europeans than other present-day Near Easterners, and that 29% of Armenian ancestry may originate from an ancestral population that is best represented by Neolithic Europeans. (eupedia.com)

Artifacts1

• With special access to archeological sites, and featuring exquisite, highly sophisticated artifacts, this program highlights iron's role in shaping history. (upenn.edu)

20181

• An archaeological survey was undertaken in 2018 to record the features of the ship settings and their position in the coastal landscape at Hjarnø," says Associate Professor Jonathan Benjamin who is the Maritime Archaeology Program Coordinator at Flinders University's College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. (scitechdaily.com)

Evidence suggests2

• Population genetic evidence suggests differentiation among evolutionarily significant units of southern and northern Appalachian brook trout, with the zone of contact in southwestern Virginia. (intechopen.com)
• Archaeological evidence suggests that this settlement was as recent as 1500 years ago - about the time the Saxons invaded Britain. (mongabay.com)

Yamnaya3

• In other words, does archaeological data show continuity between Khvalynsk and Yamnaya (Pit-Grave culture)? (blogspot.com)
• It is exciting that our Swedish material shows us a clear genetic link between the Yamnaya culture and skeletons from the battle axe culture in Skåne", says Torbjörn Ahlström. (lu.se)
• A thousand years later, about 4,850 years ago, another population change took place when people with genetic roots in Yamnaya - a livestock herding people with origins in southern Russia - came to Scandinavia and wiped out the previous farmer population. (lu.se)

MtDNA1

• Human mobility patterns in Falbygden were studied by applying strontium isotope analysis combined with archaeological and bioarchaeological data, including mtDNA and sex assessment on a large dataset encompassing 141 individuals from 21 megalithic graves. (springer.com)

Paleogenetics3

• Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) and the Institute for Archaeological Science, Archaeo- and Paleogenetics of the University of Tübingen in Germany will lead the course: Dr Maria A. Spyrou, Postdoctoral Researcher (Univ. (archaeological.org)
• This course provides an introduction to the content and methodology of paleogenetics, especially with regard to archaeological and evolutionary questions. (uni-tuebingen.de)
• From the paleogenetics group, this includes a review of genetic methods used to reconstruct human past from both extant populations and ancient DNA. (uni-tuebingen.de)

Lineages2

• The first period of Indigenous American genetic history is the determinant factor for the number of genetic lineages, zygosity mutations and founding haplotypes present in today's Indigenous American populations. (wikipedia.org)
• Half of the genetic lineages of human inhabitants of Madagascar come from 4500 miles away in Borneo, while the other half derive from East Africa, according to a study published in May by a UK team. (mongabay.com)

Bone2

• Furthermore, the calcareous soils are favourable for bone preservation, and a remarkable assemblage of well-preserved archaeological animal and human remains has been recovered from the megalithic graves. (springer.com)
• The team tested the influence of various chemicals on the surface structure of archaeological bone and tooth pieces and developed a non-destructive phosphate-based method for DNA extraction. (mpg.de)

Data11

• The data also shows that there have been genetic exchanges between Asia, the Arctic, and Greenland since the initial peopling of the Americas. (wikipedia.org)
• Data compiled among genetic studies of brook trout in the southern Appalachians showed that the southern/northern break is sharp, occurring at the New/Roanoke-James watershed divide. (intechopen.com)
• By reconciling genetic evidence with the archaeological record and with paleoclimatic data, scientists have been able to pinpoint the time and scale of the earliest migrations, possible routes through the continent, the subsequent formation of population structure, and preferential routes of population migration and contact. (sciencedaily.com)
• On a local scale, the high-resolution genomic data generated for this study was able to distinguish fine-grained cases of genetic exchange that correspond to population contact. (sciencedaily.com)
• An efficient algorithm for estimating population history from genetic data. (utah.edu)
• Legofit: Estimating Population History from Genetic Data. (utah.edu)
• The first of these (in human evolutionary genetics) involves using genetic data to learn about human evolutionary history. (utah.edu)
• While this study is unable to offer a conclusive understanding of the origins of the Kalvestene, it demonstrates the value of combining source criticism and analysis with archaeological data to contribute towards greater understanding about the site. (scitechdaily.com)
• In this class, students gain experience handling genetic material and practice dealing with original literature and interpreting data. (uni-tuebingen.de)
• However, unlike the privations suffered by those eastward travellers, the data suggests the early Malagasy population survived the voyage well, because more genetic variation is found in them than is found in the islands of Polynesia. (mongabay.com)
• The study also provides a deepened understanding of historical migration flows, and the interpretation of archaeological finds and changes in vegetation and land use found in palaeoecological data. (lu.se)

20211

• Dec. 27, 2021 The analysis of ancient DNA preserved in sediments is an emerging technology allowing for the detection of the past presence of humans and other animals at archaeological sites. (sciencedaily.com)

Studies5

• The Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens is offering an intensive week-long course to introduce participants to methods and applications in ancient DNA (aDNA) research. (archaeological.org)
• Genetic studies have played a fundamental role in understanding the population history of the American continent. (sciencedaily.com)
• The Armenians are a culturally isolated population who historically inhabited a region in the Near East bounded by the Mediterranean and Black seas and the Caucasus, but remain under-represented in genetic studies and have a complex history including a major geographic displacement during World War I. Here, we analyse genome-wide variation in 173 Armenians and compare them with 78 other worldwide populations. (eupedia.com)
• Studies of cranial morphology conducted in the 2000s had already pointed to a subtle difference between these communities, and our genetic analysis confirmed it," says Strauss. (cosmosmagazine.com)
• Officially, the Mormon Church says that nothing in the Mormon scriptures is incompatible with DNA evidence, and that the genetic studies are being twisted to attack the church. (freethoughtblogs.com)

Reconstruct1

• From the DNA retrieved they were able to reconstruct a precise genetic profile of the woman who used or wore the pendant, as well as of the deer from which the tooth was taken. (mpg.de)

Sites1

• In southern Scandinavia, the focus is on exploring the potentials of integrating the submerged archaeological heritage of drowned prehistoric coastlines with information gleaned from both terrestrial and waterlogged sites. (lu.se)

Researchers1

• The researchers found significant genetic differences between the communities, even thought the archaeological evidence suggested there were cultural similarities. (cosmosmagazine.com)

Populations2

• There is a relative lack of differentiation between Mesoamerican and Andean populations, a scenario that implies that coastal routes (in this case along the coast of the Pacific Ocean) were easier for migrating peoples (more genetic contributors) to traverse in comparison with inland routes. (wikipedia.org)
• Variation at 4 polymorphic loci, including the diagnostic creatine kinase (CK-A2*) locus, indicated that 19 populations were of southern origin, 5 of northern origin, and 32 of mixed genetic origin. (intechopen.com)

Evolutionary2

• Topics covered include the analysis of ancient DNA, phylogenetics, evolutionary genetics, and population genetic methods. (uni-tuebingen.de)
• Bottlenecks' in evolutionary history, where the population is dramatically reduced in number, are a common cause of reduced genetic variation. (mongabay.com)

Science1

• Journal of Archaeological Science, 32 (5). (whiterose.ac.uk)

Contribution1

• It is a very interesting question, for which we have as yet no certain answer, as to how the African contribution to Malagasy culture, evident in biology and in aspects of economic and material culture, was so largely erased in the realm of language," commented Professor Robert Dewar, of The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge. (mongabay.com)

Molecular genetic2

• Webinar on " molecular genetic and artificial intelligence tools in Paleontology" to staff of NITC on International Archaeology Day. (archaeological.org)
• Students will then present on specific molecular genetic methods and analytical procedures. (uni-tuebingen.de)

Africa1

• The Centres of Gravity fell in the islands of southeast Asia or in sub-Saharan Africa," explained Dr Peter Forster, from the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, one of the co-authors. (mongabay.com)

Behaviors1

• Archaeological finds have shown some of them had complex behaviors. (boston.com)

Indigenous2

• According to an autosomal genetic study from 2012, Indigenous Americans descend from at least three main migrant waves from East Asia. (wikipedia.org)
• He belongs to the same genetic population as all modern-day Indigenous peoples of the Americas, according to new research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution . (cosmosmagazine.com)

Humans2

• Raff wants to tell the most accurate, if still incomplete, story of how humans settled the Americas by integrating research on ancient and modern DNA with archaeological finds. (sciencenews.org)
• Archaeological remains show that 8,000 years later, that is, about 6,000 years ago, groups of humans started to live as farmers in southern Sweden. (lu.se)

Civilizations1

• However, genetic signals of population mixture cease after ~1200 bce when Bronze Age civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean world suddenly and violently collapsed. (eupedia.com)

Theory1

• Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 20(3): 495-524. (utah.edu)

Human2

• Genetic and archaeological perspectives on the initial modern human colonization of southern Asia. (anthropogeny.org)
• Biochemical and physical correlates of DNA contamination in archeological human bones and teeth excavated at Matera, Italy. (whiterose.ac.uk)

Years3

• This genetic component, previously undetected, might have started to differentiate from other ancestry components (for example the one frequently found in Amazonia and the one found in the Coast and Andes) more than 4,000 years ago. (sciencedaily.com)
• Genetic dates obtained for the DNA from both the woman and the deer show that the pendant was made between 19,000 and 25,000 years ago. (mpg.de)
• Armenians have since remained isolated and genetic structure within the population developed ~500 years ago when Armenia was divided between the Ottomans and the Safavid Empire in Iran. (eupedia.com)

Today's1

• This genetic profile is dominant in today's Denmark, whereas the DNA profile of the first farmer population has been essentially erased. (lu.se)

Origins1

• Archaeological work done at that time linked the gravesites to Africans liberated from slave ships, providing an opportunity to better understand the geographic origins of these individuals. (genomeweb.com)

Analysis1

• Genetic analysis showed Luzio to be an Amerindian, like the Tupi, Quechua or Cherokee," says co-author André Menezes Strauss, an archaeologist at the University of São Paulo. (cosmosmagazine.com)

Myers3

• After Phillip makes and conceals an important archaeological discovery that would alter the entire religious world, Myers searches for the shocking truth. (prweb.com)
• Myers loses his job for improperly experimenting with special genetic engineering for which his university disapproved, setting off an unpredictable chain of events that blurs the line between the scientific and theological worlds. (prweb.com)
• At the same time, Myers desperately wanted to prove to the world that his genetic discovery was revolutionary. (prweb.com)

Ancestry1

• A recent study has confirmed that Nordic Corded Ware (CW) groups (Battle Axe Culture), which appeared at this time exhibit genetic ancestry from European CW groups that migrated into Scandinavia but also exhibit admixture from farmers, such as the TRB (Egfjord et al. (springer.com)

Site2

• In 2001, an outbreak of acute respiratory disease occurred among persons working at a Native American archeological site at Dinosaur National Monument in northeastern Utah. (cdc.gov)
• We report a point-source outbreak of coccidioidomycosis among workers who participated in soil-disrupting activities at an archeological site in Dinosaur National Monument in northeastern Utah during June and July 2001. (cdc.gov)

Record1

• Convergent evolution and parallelism in plant domestication revealed by an expanding archaeological record. (nature.com)

History1

• Anthropologist and geneticist Jennifer Raff offers her take on the state of this fascinating and turbulent research field in Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas . (sciencenews.org)

University1

• A partir de 1977 desempeñou varios postos da Queen's University of Belfast, chegando a ser catedrático de Arqueoloxía Prehistórica en 1998. (wikipedia.org)

Early Bro1

• Essentially what we're seeing there is potentially very strong genetic continuity from the Eneolithic to the Early Bronze Age on the Pontic-Caspian Steppe. (blogspot.com)

Time2

• Archaeological evidence and historical records have suggested that a group of migrants arrived around this time, but this is the first genetic evidence of Japan's tripartite lineage. (archaeology.org)
• For the first time, we have been able to assign every genetic lineage in the Malagasy population to a likely geographic origin with a high degree of confidence. (mongabay.com)

Species1

• and genetic tendencies in every species of dogs and cats. (claremont-courier.com)

Shows1

• Genetic and archaeological evidence shows a relatively dense occupation of the region by at least 200 BC. (wikipedia.org)

Study1

• The study was designed with a total of 82 germplasm and a national check in RCBD for genetic variability for 11 agronomic traits. (academicjournals.org)

Modern1

• But because they only looked at the modern population, they couldn't identify when and where the additional genetic component came from. (archaeology.org)