For what they were... we are

I knew, more intuitively than rationally, that the Horner (Ethiopian, Somali, Eritrean) type of Afro-Eurasian admixture was very old but no...

After almost a century of controversy on the matter, it seems that archaeogenetics solved the riddle. Not in the sense I thought it would b...

Or so it seems considering the data of Fregel et al., a study I have in my to-do list for some time and that I don't see cited often or...

Taino Native Americans also had a very high genetic diversity, comparable to other continental large native populations such as Andeans or ...

A very interesting thesis on Iberian ancient mitochondrial DNA is available (found via Bell Beaker Blogger ): Christina Roth, Once upon...

A very interesting pre-pub study, dealing with Sardinian genetics in great sub-national detail but also within the wider European and Medit...

The island of El Hierro (lit. The Iron ) is one of the westernmost of the Canary Islands. I have never visited but it seems to be very beau...

This is an issue that has lingered for a long time in the online anthropology circles. Once upon a time (2005) there was online a presentat...

Four human remains dated to the Bronze Age were sequenced for mitochondrial DNA in Santimamiñe cave (Kortezubi, Biscay, Basque Country), a...

Quickies Elizabeth A. Matisoo-Smith et al. A European Mitochondrial Haplotype Identified in Ancient Phoenician Remains from Carthage, No...

Quickies It seems there is still something to learn about the ancient Tocharian mummies of Uyghuristan: Chunxiang Li et al., Analysis o...

I know, I know: I'm decaying into a total procrastinator. I don't have any excuse other than I don't feel like blogging as of l...

This is a most interesting study that brings to us potentially key information on the expansion of European Neolithic and the formation of m...

The U6 haplogroup of Pestera Muierii is officially confirmed.  Extra-officially, it also seems confirmed mtDNA H in Magdalenian El Miró...