All articles tagged with #archaeogenetics
Originally Published 27 days ago — by SciTechDaily
Scientists discovered the first evidence of a Bronze Age strain of plague infecting livestock, specifically a sheep from 4,000 years ago, shedding light on how the ancient disease spread across Eurasia and highlighting the complex interactions between humans, animals, and natural reservoirs.
Originally Published 4 months ago — by ScienceDaily
Researchers have identified the bacterium Yersinia pestis in ancient remains from Jerash, Jordan, providing direct genetic evidence linking it to the Justinian Plague, the first recorded pandemic, and offering new insights into the history and evolution of plague and pandemics.
Originally Published 6 months ago — by Earth.com
Scientists used ancient DNA from 37,000-year-old bones to create a timeline of human infections, revealing how diseases evolved with human culture, migration, and domestication, and highlighting the long history of zoonotic pathogens like plague and hepatitis B.
Originally Published 6 months ago — by New Scientist
Scientists used ancient DNA analysis on fish bones from a Roman fish-salting site to identify European sardines as a key ingredient in the popular Roman fish sauce, garum, providing new insights into its composition and regional variations.
Originally Published 6 months ago — by Phys.org
DNA analysis of ancient remains from Çatalhöyük suggests that women played a central role in household formation during the Neolithic period, indicating a society with significant female influence, though not necessarily a true matriarchate.
Originally Published 7 months ago — by Earth.com
DNA analysis of 9,000-year-old skeletons from South Africa's Oakhurst rockshelter reveals long-term genetic stability and suggests cultural changes occurred without significant external migration, challenging previous theories of multiple migratory waves into the region.