#ancientdna — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ancientdna, aggregated by home.social.
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4-Sep-2026
Not a cheetah: #AncientDNA reveals the surprising #Arctic life of extinct North American cat
New #paleogenomics research by UC Santa Cruz reveals how the so-called #AmericanCheetah adapted to harsh Arctic conditions by preying on fishresearch in #CurrentBiology
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Wheat, barley and cattle reached Gansu around 4,000 years ago. Ancient DNA from 149 people at 11 sites finds no western Eurasian ancestry at all. Though the crops moved; farmers didn’t. #ancientDNA #archaeology #archaeogenetics https://www.anthropology.net/p/western-crops-reached-gansu-without
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Gene That Differs Between Humans and Neanderthals Could Shed Light On The Species Disappearance Mouse Study Suggests
Allan Henderson (CC BY 2.0) A gene called ASDL, which helps synthesize DNA, differs between modern humans and our extinct human relatives. The findings could shed light on why Neanderthals vanished. A protein that helps synthesize DNA is different in modern humans than it is in Neanderthals and Denisovans our closest extinct relatives and new experiments in mice genetically modified to express the modern human version hint that this may have made us behave differently…….Continue […] -
Ancient DNA analysis reveals Wiltshire’s #UptonLovell #Shaman was a woman
Exclusive: Analysis offers ‘smoking gun evidence’ that overturns previous assumption that bronze age individual was maleThere are quite a few such cases where the analysis of #ancientDNA has led to a #gender reassignment, exposed the tendency of previous research to assume important people to have been male until proven otherwise. See my recent feature: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/11/prehistoric-women-ruled.html
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A one-year-old buried with gold and a drilled skull turns out to be the grandson of another elite Scythian, buried 50 km away. New ancient DNA shows steppe power was inherited, not earned. 🏺🧬 #Archaeology #AncientDNA #Scythians https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-golden-man-had-grandchildren
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Immune system of modern Papuans shaped by DNA from ancient Denisovans
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-immune-modern-papuans-dna-ancient.html