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  1. 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 fish

    research in #CurrentBiology

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #ecology #carnivores #felines #bigCats

  2. 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 fish

    research in #CurrentBiology

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #ecology #carnivores #felines #bigCats

  3. 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 fish

    research in #CurrentBiology

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #ecology #carnivores #felines #bigCats

  4. 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 fish

    research in #CurrentBiology

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #ecology #carnivores #felines #bigCats

  5. 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 fish

    research in #CurrentBiology

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #ecology #carnivores #felines #bigCats

  6. 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 anthropology.net/p/western-cro

  7. 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 anthropology.net/p/western-cro

  8. 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 anthropology.net/p/western-cro

  9. 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 anthropology.net/p/western-cro

  10. 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 anthropology.net/p/western-cro

  11. 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 male

    theguardian.com/science/2026/j

    There 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: proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2

    #science

  12. Looks like another new hominid! Here’s the telling sentence: “Maba 1 currently cannot be definitely classified in any known hominin taxon.” #AncientDNA #isogg #hominid #Maba1 #geneadons #dna

    onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ab

  13. “The 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.” #isogg #dna #ancientdna #hominid #geneadons
    sciencedirect.com/science/arti

  14. Genealogists say Leonardo da Vinci has 14 living relatives - Enlarge / Analysis of the reputed self-portrait drawing by Leonardo da Vinci (~15... - arstechnica.com/?p=1781436 #historicalfigures #europeanhistory #leonardodavinci #archaeology #renaissance #ancientdna #genealogy #science #history #dna

  15. Incest may have helped early Irish rulers maintain their claims to power - Enlarge (credit: Ken Williams, shadowsandstone.com)
    A man buried in the inner chamber of Newgrang... more: arstechnica.com/?p=1684398 #ancientpeopledidstuff #populationgenetics #monumentbuilding #ancienteurope #passagetombs #archaeology #ancientdna #megaliths #neolithic #newgrange #science #ireland #incest

  16. Ancient “chewing gum” contains a 5,700-year-old genome - Enlarge / This artist's reconstruction shows "Lola" as a young girl, with items that likely would h... more: arstechnica.com/?p=1653275 #ancientpeopledidstuff #populationgenetics #prehistoriceurope #ancienteurope #archaeology #ancientdna #microbiome #neolithic #science