Romans, Vikings and Normans loom large in British history, but left hardly any genetic trace behind
Fossil finds in China are challenging ideas about the evolution of modern humans and our closest relatives.
The genetic history of Europe since the Upper Paleolithic is inseparable from that of broader Western Eurasia. By about fifty thousand years ago, a basal West Eurasian lineage had appeared out of the undifferentiated "non-African" ancestors of seventy thousand years.
Map originally found on reddit The map above shows what the borders of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa might look like if they were based on the dominant Y-DNA haplogroup rather than ethnicity and/or any other political considerations. Here's some very basic information about each...
Eurasiatic Pastoralists The Mariupol culture Samara culture Khvalynsk culture Domestication of the Horse Sredny Stog Suvorovo culture Early Indo-European community The Yamna Culture Human type Cont…
History and description of Haplogroup J1 (Y-chromosomal DNA) and its subclades. Haplogroup J1 is the dominant Arabic and Cohanim paternal lineage. It originated around the Caucasus and expanded during the Neolithic towards East Africa.
The ancient Egyptians: Based on the modern population of Egypt, and removing the foreign elements, it is reasonable to assume that the ancient Egyptians belonged primarily to haplogroups E1b1b and …
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Scholars have long tried to ascertain the birthplace of the mother tongue of the Indo-European languages of parts of Europe, the Mideast and western and central Asia.
Diver off the coast of Norfolk finds an underwater forest believed to be part of Doggerland, a sunken land mass that once connected England and Europe.
Humans are diverse in size and shape – but some populations are of relatively low average height, and historically described using the term “pygmy”. Some researchers have suggested that the Rampasasa inhabitants of the Flores highlands of Indonesia are one such group.
Eurasiatic Pastoralists The Mariupol culture Samara culture Khvalynsk culture Domestication of the Horse Sredny Stog Suvorovo culture Early Indo-European community The Yamna Culture Human type Cont…
L'Ève mitochondriale est le nom donné à une femme hypothétique considérée comme la la plus récente ancêtre commune par lignée maternelle de
Distribution maps of Y-chromosomal haplogroups in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
Aegean Farmers Vashtëmi Körös culture/Criș culture Starčevo culture Linear Pottery culture BMAC Late LBK A shoe-last celt Sopot culture Lengyel culture Tzonevo culture Bug–Dniester culture Cucuteni…
History and description of Haplogroup H (mitochondrial DNA).
This map shows the various Celtic and Germanic tribes around circa 52 BCE.
This article relates to our "How much of a caveman are you?" quiz, which is currently offline
The findings of a recent study backed by DNA evidence is shedding new light on the genetic origins of perhaps the most celebrated civilization that once
Prehistory, population genetics, anthropology.
Eurasiatic Pastoralists The Mariupol culture Samara culture Khvalynsk culture Domestication of the Horse Sredny Stog Suvorovo culture Early Indo-European community The Yamna Culture Human type Cont…
A new paper in the Economics & Human Biology journal argues that male height in Europe is mostly determined by nutrition and genetics. Tha...
Byzantine Creation Era ”The Making of the World”- Facerea Lumii – 5600 BC – the breaking of the Bosphorus, the Fresh Water Lake becomes the Salt Water Black Sea. The P…
I often run across people asserting that the Finno-Ugrics are “Mongols” or “Asian” or Chinese,”so today’s post is dedicated to the genetic history of the Finno-U…
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History and description of Haplogroup W (mitochondrial DNA).
Regarding the last one: What the hell, Spain?
