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Ancient DNA study rewrites fall of Rome, reveals small migrations shaped Central Europe

A large genetic study of early medieval burials in southern Germany is changing how historians describe the end of Roman rule in Central Europe...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/05/fall-of-rome-small-migrations-central-europe/

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Ancient DNA study rewrites fall of Rome, reveals small migrations shaped Central Europe

A large genetic study of early medieval burials in southern Germany is changing how historians describe the end of Roman rule in Central Europe...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/05/fall-of-rome-small-migrations-central-europe/

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Ancient DNA study rewrites fall of Rome, reveals small migrations shaped Central Europe

A large genetic study of early medieval burials in southern Germany is changing how historians describe the end of Roman rule in Central Europe...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/05/fall-of-rome-small-migrations-central-europe/

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Ancient DNA study rewrites fall of Rome, reveals small migrations shaped Central Europe

A large genetic study of early medieval burials in southern Germany is changing how historians describe the end of Roman rule in Central Europe...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/05/fall-of-rome-small-migrations-central-europe/

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Ancient DNA study rewrites fall of Rome, reveals small migrations shaped Central Europe

A large genetic study of early medieval burials in southern Germany is changing how historians describe the end of Roman rule in Central Europe...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/05/fall-of-rome-small-migrations-central-europe/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #Romanempire #archaeogenetics

199 Indigenous American genomes. A third dispersal into South America. A ghost ancestry under selection for 10,000 years. The genomic scar of colonization. #Archaeogenetics #IndigenousAmerica #HumanEvolution https://www.anthropology.net/p/three-migrations-a-ghost-ancestry

A tooth from a 14th-century Bolivian mummy just yielded the oldest known Streptococcus pyogenes genome — proving scarlet fever’s bacterium circulated in the Americas long before European contact. #AncientDNA #Paleopathology #Archaeogenetics https://www.anthropology.net/p/a-tooth-from-a-chullpa-rewrites-the

Ancient DNA from 5 Neolithic cairns in Caithness and Orkney maps fathers, sons, brothers — and two women on an island more closely related to men on the mainland than to those buried beside them. #Archaeogenetics #NeolithicBritain #AncientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-dead-knew-each-other-kinship

New DNA research overturns a key assumption: the “Polynesian motif,” a maternal lineage spanning nearly all of Remote Oceania, didn’t come from Taiwan — it arose on the north coast of New Guinea ~6,500 years ago. #Archaeogenetics #PacificPrehistory #Lapita https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-polynesian-motif-was-already

Ancient DNA from a Neolithic tomb near Paris reveals two genetically distinct populations separated by a catastrophic collapse around 5,000 years ago. Plague, abandonment, and migration — all in a single burial site. #Archaeogenetics #Neolithic #AncientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-tomb-that-remembered-two-worlds

Recent ancient DNA analysis has identified domestic dogs at archaeological sites dating to the Late Upper Paleolithic, roughly 16,000 to 14,000 years ago. This discovery pushes back the earliest confirmed genetic record of dog domestication by approximately 5,000 years, firmly placing their emergence prior to the advent of agriculture.
#Archaeogenetics #EvolutionaryBiology #Paleontology #Archaeology #Genomics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/arch03252601.html

Tracking back such a big population (1 in 200 of all men) to one relatively recent lineage always was sus to me.
my confirmation bias is very happy about the results this study.

Far fewer people are related to Genghis Khan than previously assumed, new genomic study suggests | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/far-fewer-people-are-related-to-genghis-khan-than-previously-assumed-new-genomic-study-suggests

#achaeology #archaeogenetics #ChingizKhan #ychromosome #mongols

Ancient DNA from a 5,500-year-old hunter-gatherer cemetery on Gotland shows people buried together were kin, but often second- or third-degree relatives, not parents and children. The Stone Age family was wider than we assumed. #AncientDNA #Archaeogenetics #HunterGatherers https://www.anthropology.net/p/who-gets-buried-together-on-a-stone

DNA reveals rare dwarfism in teenager who lived in Italy 12,000 years ago

An international research team has confirmed the earliest known genetic diagnosis in an anatomically modern human, identifying a rare skeletal disorder in a prehistoric adolescent female who lived more than 12,000 years ago...

© Image courtesy of Dr. Adrian Daly

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/rare-dwarfism-in-teenager-italy-12000-years-ago/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #stoneage #Archaeogenetics #Osteoarchaeology #anthropology

Ancient DNA from a Calabrian cave reveals a small Bronze Age mountain community shaped by tight kinship, selective mobility, and extreme consanguinity. A reminder that prehistory was complex, local, and deeply human. #Archaeogenetics #BronzeAge #HumanEvolution #Bioarchaeology https://www.anthropology.net/p/kinship-in-the-shadows-of-the-apennines

New genomic evidence suggests humans reached Sahul around 60,000 years ago via two distinct routes. The findings highlight early seafaring, deep population roots, and complex migrations shaping Indigenous Australian and Papuan ancestry. #Anthropology #Archaeogenetics #Sahul #HumanOrigins https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-first-horizon-how-ancient-genomes

New genomic research shows that most modern dogs carry small traces of ancient wolf ancestry that influenced size, behavior, and adaptation. Even chihuahuas are a little wolf. A deeper look at how dogs evolved with humans. #Archaeogenetics #Dogs #Wolves #Evolution https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-wolves-within

Ancient DNA from Argentina reveals a previously unknown lineage that has endured for over 8,500 years, reshaping what we know about the peopling of South America. #Archaeogenetics #Argentina #HumanOrigins #AncientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-lost-lineage-of-the-pampas-how

Ancient DNA reveals how the Sarmatians—steppe warriors who once challenged Rome—migrated, mixed, and quietly became part of Europe’s genetic legacy. Their story is one of disappearance through survival. #Archaeogenetics #HumanEvolution #AncientDNA #Sarmatians https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-vanished-riders-of-the-steppe

🧬 **Unveiling the origins and genetic makeup of the “forgotten people”: A study of the Sarmatian-period population in the Carpathian Basin**

"_We have shown that the CB Sarmatians are descendants of the Sarmatians from the Ural and Kazakhstan regions, who migrated from the Carpathian foothills in present-day Romania. The descendants of the substantial CB Sarmatian population formed a significant portion of the population during the subsequent Hun era._"

Schütz, O. et al. (2025) 'Unveiling the origins and genetic makeup of the “forgotten people”: A study of the Sarmatian-period population in the Carpathian Basin,' Cell, 188(15), pp. 4074-4090.e11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.009.

#OpenAccess #OA #Article #Archaeogenetics #Science #Genetics #Migration #Academia

A broken gene helped early farmers survive Neolithic plagues. The FUT2 mutation blocked norovirus but raised other risks—a tradeoff still shaping our health. #HumanEvolution #Archaeogenetics #AncientDNA #Microbes https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-mutation-that-shielded-early

A 40,000-year-old East Asian genome reveals an early Homo sapiens lineage with almost no Denisovan ancestry—challenging ideas about contact, migration, and evolution across Ice Age Asia. #Archaeogenetics #HumanEvolution #Denisovans #Pleistocene @janetk.bsky.social https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-missing-denisovan-shadow

Ancient DNA from China’s Baligang site reveals 5,000-year-old kinship ties, climate-driven migrations, and the earliest patrilineal clan in East Asia. #Archaeogenetics #NeolithicChina #AncientDNA #Anthropology https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-river-between-worlds-how-ancient

How the Slavic Migration Reshaped Central and Eastern Europe
https://www.mpg.de/25256341/0827-evan-slavic-migration-reshaped-central-and-eastern-europe-150495-x
#ycombinator #Slavs #migration #archaeogenetics #population_genetics #Europe

🧬 **Ancient DNA connects large-scale migration with the spread of Slavs**

"_Our data demonstrate large-scale population movement from Eastern Europe during the sixth to eighth centuries, replacing more than 80% of the local gene pool in Eastern Germany, Poland and Croatia. Yet, we also show substantial regional heterogeneity as well as a lack of sex-biased admixture, indicating varying degrees of cultural assimilation of the autochthonous populations._"

Gretzinger, J., Biermann, F., Mager, H. et al. Ancient DNA connects large-scale migration with the spread of Slavs. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09437-6.

#OpenAccess #OA #Article #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Archaeogenetics #Science #Genetics #Ancient #DNA #Academia @archaeodons @science

Ancient DNA shows the Slavic migrations reshaped Europe, replacing much of the local gene pool in regions like Poland & Germany. Entire families moved, blending with locals & forming new societies. #Archaeogenetics #HumanEvolution #Slavs https://www.anthropology.net/p/how-the-slavic-migrations-reshaped

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 **West African ancestry in seventh-century England: two individuals from Kent and Dorset**

"_Focusing primarily on a sub-adult female from Updown in Kent, the authors explore the societal and cultural contexts in which these individuals lived and died, and the widening geographic links indicated by their presence, pointing back to the Byzantine reconquest of North Africa in AD 533–534._"

Sayer, D. et al. (2025) ‘West African ancestry in seventh-century England: two individuals from Kent and Dorset’, Antiquity, pp. 1–15. doi: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10139.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Science #Genetics #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Archaeogenetics #DNA #Africa #Kent #Dorset #UK #UnitedKingdom #Britain #AngloSaxon #England #Medieval #Medievodons #Migration #Academia @archaeodons @medievodons

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"_Our results reveal a persisting local gene pool that, during the Middle-Late BA, absorbed additional ancestry from Anatolia and the neighboring Eurasian Steppe. In subsequent periods, we document population growth and increasing genetic diversity, supported by a high rate of individual ancestry outliers, particularly in urban centers of eastern Georgia._"

Skourtanioti et al., The genetic history of the Southern Caucasus from the Bronze Age to the Early Middle Ages: 5,000 years of genetic continuity despite high mobility, Cell (2025), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.07.013.

#OpenAccess #OA #Article #Science #Genetics #Ancient #DNA #Genomics #Archaeogenetics #History #Migration #Caucasus #BronzeAge #MiddleAges #Academia #Academics @science

Genetics and computational biology also helps us understand our past. The shift to agriculture and a sedentary lifestyle are a major turning point in human history. Yet, how this Neolithic way of life spread has been the subject of intense debate. A Turkish-Swiss team sheds new light in Science by combining archaeology and genetics.

👉 Read more: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1088597

#Genetics #Archaeogenetics #NeolithicRevolution #HumanHistory #PublishedInScience #InterdisciplinaryResearch #Innovation

**Unveiling the origins and genetic makeup of the “forgotten people”: A study of the Sarmatian-period population in the Carpathian Basin**

“_Our findings reveal minor East Asian ancestry in the Carpathian Basin (CB) Sarmatians, distinguishing them from other regional populations. Using F4 statistics, qpAdm, and identity-by-descent (IBD) analysis, we show that CB Sarmatians descended from Steppe Sarmatians originating in the Ural and Kazakhstan regions, with Romanian Sarmatians serving as a possible genetic bridge between the two groups._”

Schütz, Oszkár et al., (2025). Unveiling the origins and genetic makeup of the “forgotten people”: A study of the Sarmatian-period population in the Carpathian Basin. Cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.009.

#OpenAccess #OA #Article #Science #Archaeogenetics #Genetics #Roman #Migration #Academia #Academics @science