#ancientdna — Public Fediverse posts
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Nice to see aDNA genetics undoing some stories invented about some of the people found in Pompeii by revealing some of the realities of who they were, how they were related (or in these cases how they were not) and where they came from.
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Nice to see aDNA genetics undoing some stories invented about some of the people found in Pompeii by revealing some of the realities of who they were, how they were related (or in these cases how they were not) and where they came from.
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An AI trained on 8,340 charred seeds from 18 Chinese sites now classifies ancient crops with 90% accuracy, by learning the same size-first trick archaeobotanists use at the microscope. #Archaeobotany #AncientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/teaching-a-machine-to-sort-five-thousand
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An AI trained on 8,340 charred seeds from 18 Chinese sites now classifies ancient crops with 90% accuracy, by learning the same size-first trick archaeobotanists use at the microscope. #Archaeobotany #AncientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/teaching-a-machine-to-sort-five-thousand
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Scientists just found DNA from two human relatives we’ve never found a single fossil of, hiding in modern genomes. One mixed with us in Africa 800,000 years ago; the other reached us secondhand, through Denisovans. #paleoanthropology #humanevolution #ancientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/two-ghosts-in-the-genome
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Scientists just found DNA from two human relatives we’ve never found a single fossil of, hiding in modern genomes. One mixed with us in Africa 800,000 years ago; the other reached us secondhand, through Denisovans. #paleoanthropology #humanevolution #ancientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/two-ghosts-in-the-genome
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Two mummified bodies from colonial-era Chile just yielded the first ancient smallpox genomes from the Americas, a now-extinct viral lineage whose evolution stalled for two centuries, then rebounded right as vaccination began. #ArchaeoGenetics #AncientDNA #SmallpoxHistory https://www.anthropology.net/p/two-bodies-from-chile-just-rewrote
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Two mummified bodies from colonial-era Chile just yielded the first ancient smallpox genomes from the Americas, a now-extinct viral lineage whose evolution stalled for two centuries, then rebounded right as vaccination began. #ArchaeoGenetics #AncientDNA #SmallpoxHistory https://www.anthropology.net/p/two-bodies-from-chile-just-rewrote
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A cave 4,000m up in Ladakh just revealed a lost population: people with ancestry split almost perfectly between South Asians and Tibetans, mixing began ~2800 years ago, and one still carries a Denisovan altitude gene. #AncientDNA #Paleoanthropology #Archaeogenetics https://www.anthropology.net/p/ancient-genomes-from-a-cave-above
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A cave 4,000m up in Ladakh just revealed a lost population: people with ancestry split almost perfectly between South Asians and Tibetans, mixing began ~2800 years ago, and one still carries a Denisovan altitude gene. #AncientDNA #Paleoanthropology #Archaeogenetics https://www.anthropology.net/p/ancient-genomes-from-a-cave-above
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Ancient DNA Unveils Genetic Links and Social Structure of 4,000-Year-Old Chinese City
📰 Original title: Ancient DNA reveals a chilling secret at China’s 4,000-year-old Shimao city
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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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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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New ancient DNA study of 142 medieval Swedish burials finds kids buried with adults were rarely close kin, but were sorted by sex just like adults. #archaeogenetics #medievalarchaeology #ancientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/equal-in-death-what-ancient-dna-reveals
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New ancient DNA study of 142 medieval Swedish burials finds kids buried with adults were rarely close kin, but were sorted by sex just like adults. #archaeogenetics #medievalarchaeology #ancientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/equal-in-death-what-ancient-dna-reveals
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A bit of an interesting historical curiosity: Based on ancient DNA analysis, common burial in Medieval times, including that of children, didn't necessarily have anything to do with being from the same family.
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A bit of an interesting historical curiosity: Based on ancient DNA analysis, common burial in Medieval times, including that of children, didn't necessarily have anything to do with being from the same family.
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Genetic Evidence Suggests Major Migration After Stone Age Population Collapse in Europe
📰 Original title: Ancient DNA reveals the mysterious collapse of Europe's megalith builders
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DNA from a 5,000-year-old French megalithic tomb reveals that the people buried before and after a population collapse were genetically unrelated, pointing to a major migration after a devastating… #science #ancientdna #megalith
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For centuries, people believed members of the powerful Medici family were murdered with poison. But modern DNA analysis points to a completely different killer: malaria.
#HistoricMysteries #Medici #Renaissance #History #AncientDNA #Archaeology #TrueHistory #HistoricalMystery #Malaria #Florence
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For centuries, people believed members of the powerful Medici family were murdered with poison. But modern DNA analysis points to a completely different killer: malaria.
#HistoricMysteries #Medici #Renaissance #History #AncientDNA #Archaeology #TrueHistory #HistoricalMystery #Malaria #Florence
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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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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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New Genetic Study Finds Late Neanderthals Were Not Highly Inbred
📰 Original title: Ancient DNA Reveals a Genetic Surprise in The Last Neanderthals
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24-Jun-2026
#AncientDNA found on #cave walls
Human DNA can survive on cave walls for thousands of years – shedding light on #prehistoric human activity even where bones, sediments or artifacts are absent -
24-Jun-2026
#AncientDNA found on #cave walls
Human DNA can survive on cave walls for thousands of years – shedding light on #prehistoric human activity even where bones, sediments or artifacts are absent -
24-Jun-2026
#Neanderthals in Western Europe were doing well right before they went extinct
Genetically healthy population was well-connected with other groups and did not interbreed with modern #humans -
24-Jun-2026
#Neanderthals in Western Europe were doing well right before they went extinct
Genetically healthy population was well-connected with other groups and did not interbreed with modern #humans -
24-Jun-2026
#AncientDNA reveals genetic history of #medieval #Sicily -
24-Jun-2026
#AncientDNA reveals genetic history of #medieval #Sicily -
Ancient human DNA recovered from Iberian cave walls, including blank surfaces used as negative controls. The walls themselves are archives of prehistoric presence, with or without the art. #Paleogenomics #CaveArt #AncientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/cave-walls-hold-ancient-human-dna
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Ancient human DNA recovered from Iberian cave walls, including blank surfaces used as negative controls. The walls themselves are archives of prehistoric presence, with or without the art. #Paleogenomics #CaveArt #AncientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/cave-walls-hold-ancient-human-dna
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Genome study of 27 late Neanderthals from Belgium and France finds no inbreeding, no genetic decline, and no recent modern human ancestry, raising new questions about how they disappeared. #paleoanthropology #Neanderthals #ancientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-bones-at-goyet
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Genome study of 27 late Neanderthals from Belgium and France finds no inbreeding, no genetic decline, and no recent modern human ancestry, raising new questions about how they disappeared. #paleoanthropology #Neanderthals #ancientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-bones-at-goyet
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A Mongolian cemetery traced through 6 generations of ancient DNA looked like a family burial ground. Machine learning + cultural phylogenetics say otherwise: wealth and political power decided who got buried where, not blood. #Archaeogenetics #Xiongnu #AncientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/wealth-not-blood-decided-who-got
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A Mongolian cemetery traced through 6 generations of ancient DNA looked like a family burial ground. Machine learning + cultural phylogenetics say otherwise: wealth and political power decided who got buried where, not blood. #Archaeogenetics #Xiongnu #AncientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/wealth-not-blood-decided-who-got
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5,500 years ago, plague was already killing children in Siberian hunter-gatherer families, no fleas, no cities, no farming required. Ancient DNA reveals a toxin that may explain why kids died and adults didn’t. #archaeogenetics #ancientDNA #paleopathology https://www.anthropology.net/p/lethal-plague-outbreaks-among-lake
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5,500 years ago, plague was already killing children in Siberian hunter-gatherer families, no fleas, no cities, no farming required. Ancient DNA reveals a toxin that may explain why kids died and adults didn’t. #archaeogenetics #ancientDNA #paleopathology https://www.anthropology.net/p/lethal-plague-outbreaks-among-lake
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#Archaeology
#AncientDNA provides evidence of earliest known #plague outbreakhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/17/ancient-dna-evidence-earliest-known-plague-outbreak
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#Archaeology
#AncientDNA provides evidence of earliest known #plague outbreakhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/17/ancient-dna-evidence-earliest-known-plague-outbreak
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DNA From 2,300-Year-Old Etruscan Grape Seeds Reveals Origins of Modern Wine
Analysis of grape seeds from ancient wells in Tusca…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #GreekWine #MediterraneanWine #AncientDNA #Archaeobotany #CetamuraDelChianti #EtruscanArchaeology #GeneticAnalysis #GrapevineDomestication #Greekwine #romantradenetworks #RomanViticulture #WhiteWineHistory #Wine #WineOrigins
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2683786/dna-from-2300-year-old-etruscan-grape-seeds-reveals-origins-of-modern-wine/ -
DNA From 2,300-Year-Old Etruscan Grape Seeds Reveals Origins of Modern Wine
Analysis of grape seeds from ancient wells in Tusca…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #GreekWine #MediterraneanWine #AncientDNA #Archaeobotany #CetamuraDelChianti #EtruscanArchaeology #GeneticAnalysis #GrapevineDomestication #Greekwine #romantradenetworks #RomanViticulture #WhiteWineHistory #Wine #WineOrigins
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DNA From 2,300-Year-Old Etruscan Grape Seeds Reveals Origins of Modern Wine https://www.diningandcooking.com/2683786/dna-from-2300-year-old-etruscan-grape-seeds-reveals-origins-of-modern-wine/ #AncientDNA #Archaeobotany #CetamuraDelChianti #EtruscanArchaeology #GeneticAnalysis #GrapevineDomestication #GreekWine #RomanTradeNetworks #RomanViticulture #WhiteWineHistory #Wine #WineOrigins
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DNA From 2,300-Year-Old Etruscan Grape Seeds Reveals Origins of Modern Wine https://www.diningandcooking.com/2683786/dna-from-2300-year-old-etruscan-grape-seeds-reveals-origins-of-modern-wine/ #AncientDNA #Archaeobotany #CetamuraDelChianti #EtruscanArchaeology #GeneticAnalysis #GrapevineDomestication #GreekWine #RomanTradeNetworks #RomanViticulture #WhiteWineHistory #Wine #WineOrigins
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11-Jun-2026
#AncientDNA study of post-Roman Europeans reveals the emergence of a complex new society
Study published in #Science challenges the myth of simple Barbarian domination in the Early #MiddleAges -
11-Jun-2026
#AncientDNA study of post-Roman Europeans reveals the emergence of a complex new society
Study published in #Science challenges the myth of simple Barbarian domination in the Early #MiddleAges -
Brain removal, whittled bones, and a 265km genetic network: a reanalysis of two Iron Age burials in northern Scotland reveals mobile kin, distant Orcadian relatives, and funerary practices stranger and more deliberate than almost anything else from the period. #IronAge #Osteoarchaeology #AncientDNA @Antiquity https://www.anthropology.net/p/bone-tools-and-borrowed-bodies-the
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Brain removal, whittled bones, and a 265km genetic network: a reanalysis of two Iron Age burials in northern Scotland reveals mobile kin, distant Orcadian relatives, and funerary practices stranger and more deliberate than almost anything else from the period. #IronAge #Osteoarchaeology #AncientDNA @Antiquity https://www.anthropology.net/p/bone-tools-and-borrowed-bodies-the
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Ancient Japanese dental calculus just got interesting: researchers found that Edo-period women who practiced ohaguro (tooth blackening) harbored a distinct lineage of an oral archaea, possibly shaped by the iron-rich cosmetic paste. #Anthropology #AncientDNA #OralMicrobiome https://www.anthropology.net/p/what-blackened-teeth-knew
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3-Jun-2026
Ancient #genomes reveal the unique history of the #extinct #caveLionhttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1129552
#science #evolution #ecology #ancientDNA #lions #megafauna #animals
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Ötzi’s microbiome includes 5,300-year-old gut bacteria AND cold-adapted yeasts that appear to still be actively growing on his skin. The mummy is a living ecosystem. New research in Microbiome unpacks the layers. #Paleoanthropology #AncientDNA #Archaeogenomics https://www.anthropology.net/p/otzis-inner-ecosystem-what-5300-years
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A 19,000-year-old woman buried in an ochre-stained cave in Spain was still carrying Neanderthal bacteria in her dental plaque. Thirty years of excavation at El Mirón keep rewriting the Ice Age. #Paleoanthropology #AncientDNA #Prehistory https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-cave-that-kept-giving