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October 28, 2016

The destiny of a cave lion: to serve as decoration

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Quickies Spanish researchers have concluded that a carpet or other comparable fur ornament (a tapestry?, a cape?) is why a late cave lio...
October 27, 2016

Mitochondrial DNA from post-Neolithic Santimamiñe (Basque Country)

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Four human remains dated to the Bronze Age were sequenced for mitochondrial DNA in Santimamiñe cave (Kortezubi, Biscay, Basque Country), a...
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October 22, 2016

The 300 (improved) genomes project

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I must make mention here of this study, which seems an attempt to improve the available datasets of global human genetics, particularly the...
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October 21, 2016

Wisent co-existed with true bison already in the Paleolithic

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A fascinating story this one indeed: the European bison or wisent has some ancestry related to the cow, evident in its mitochondrial DNA. T...
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Armintxe: new rock art site discovered in the Basque Country

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A week ago a new rock art site was revealed to exist right in the town of Lekeitio (Biscay). The art, estimated to be from some 14,000 year...
October 9, 2016

A 14.000 year old human settlement in Argentina

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Quickies Although the paper claims this site as the signature of arrival of our species to the South Cone (southern region of South Amer...
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September 8, 2016

Genetic structure in South-Eastern Africa

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Quickies Another quite interesting paper on Khoesan and Southern African genetics: Caitlin Uren et al., Fine-Scale Human Population St...
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