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How A Handful of Yamnaya Culture Nomads Became the Fathers of Europe
The origins of modern Europeans are shrouded in mystery and wracked by controversy. Archaeologists and linguists have long debated the origins of the Indo-European language family as well as the origins of civilization and settled life in Europe.
Caleb Strom - 06/06/2019 - 19:00
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Neolithic DNA Reveals Surprising Truth of the Yamnaya Culture in Europe
Genetic research has revolutionized our understanding of Switzerland’s prehistoric past. A group of researchers have carried out a study of genomes from individuals who lived in the Late Neolithic era. They found that a larger group of immigrants from the Pontic Steppe changed the genetic make-up of the area.
Ed Whelan - 20/04/2020 - 23:00
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Fourth strand of European ancestry originated with hunter-gatherers isolated by Ice Age
Populations of hunter-gatherers weathered the Ice Age in apparent isolation in Caucasus mountain region for millennia, later mixing with other ancestral populations, from which emerged the Yamnaya culture that would bring this Caucasus hunter-gatherer lineage to Western Europe.
The first sequencing of ancient genomes extracted from human remains that date back to the Late Upper Paleolithic period over 13,000 years ago has revealed a previously unknown “fourth strand” of ancient European ancestry.
ancient-origins - 16/11/2015 - 14:50
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Europeans share more language and genes with Asia than previously thought
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.
Mark Miller - 16/02/2015 - 00:08
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Burial Mounds in Serbia Reveal Skeletons of 5,000-Year-Old Painted Men
Entombed inside two large barrows (burial mounds) located on an open plain in northern Serbia, a team of scientists from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IAEPAN) found some highly anomalous skeletons. The men in these burial mounds were of significant height, and the bones of each had been painted over with red ochre dye made from the clay of the earth.
Nathan Falde - 24/02/2022 - 14:00
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Earliest Evidence Of Horse Riding Found in 5,000-year-old Skeletons
Unique skeletal signatures identified on 5,000 years old bodies from modern Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, provide the earliest evidence of horse riding ever discovered.
ashley cowie - 08/03/2023 - 00:55
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Ancient DNA Reveals Reason for High Multiple Sclerosis Rates in Europe
Researchers have created the world's largest ancient human gene bank by analyzing the bones and teeth of almost 5,000 humans who lived across Western Europe and Asia up to 34,000 years ago.
By sequencing ancient human DNA and comparing it to modern-day samples, the international team of experts mapped the historical spread of genes -- and diseases -- over time as populations migrated.
ancient origins - 12/01/2024 - 23:58
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Surprising 5,000-Year-Old Cannabis Trade: Eurasian Steppe Nomads Were Earliest Pot Dealers
The nomad tribe known as the Yamnaya, who were among the founders of the European civilization, may have been the first pot dealers, archaeologists say. Moreover, they were responsible for the first transcontinental trade of cannabis.
Natalia Klimczak - 22/07/2016 - 15:01
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5,000-Year-Old DNA from Skeletons Found in Serbia is Solving Genetic Mysteries
Ancient Eastern European and Central Asian archaeology are characterized by a burial practice known as kurgan burials, wherein mounds of earth and stone are raised over a single or multiple graves. These traditional burials of the ancient steppe tribe nomads continue in southern Siberia and Central Asia.
Sahir - 28/02/2022 - 22:00
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When modern Eurasia was born: Genetics yield clues to origins of Eurasians
Was it a massive migration? Or was it rather a slow and persistent seeping of people, items and ideas that laid the foundation for the demographic map of Europe and Central Asia that we see today? The Bronze Age (about 5,000 - 3,000 years ago) was a period with large cultural upheavals. But just how these upheavals came to be have remained shrouded in mystery.
ancient-origins - 13/06/2015 - 20:57
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My DNA and Papretrail
I have Discovered that there has been a Back Mutation or Recombination in my DNA, And when comparing my parents samples with mine in a Advanced Bronze age Origins Test which is a high-resolution DNA test, which calculates the proportion of 10 ancient gene pools in your genome. This is what i have Discovered
Mums Gene pool composition.
Martin Swann - 13/10/2021 - 15:59
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Archaeologists Are Surprised to Find a 2,500-Year-Old Cannabis Burial Shroud Found in China
Thirteen cannabis plants were found covering the body of a man who was buried in Turpan, China, around 2,500 years ago. This is the first time archaeologists have discovered a quantity of well-preserved cannabis plants and it provides information on how the plant was used in ancient Eurasian cultures.
Alicia McDermott - 06/10/2016 - 00:52
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Ancient Ukrainian Megastructures Were Huge Community Centers
Archaeologists have derived volumes of new data from a series of ancient megastructures found in a giant prehistoric Ukrainian settlements.
ashley cowie - 27/09/2019 - 14:05
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A Rare Stone Age Burial Found Amongst 140 German Medieval Graves
Archaeologists have discovered a rare Stone Age burial containing 5,000-year-old pottery in the Danube valley of southwestern Germany. The Neolithic burial site was found in an area where 140 medieval graves were also unearthed, many containing swords and jewelry.
ashley cowie - 23/08/2022 - 22:48
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Proto-Indo-European Origins | DNA
The origins of modern Europeans are shrouded in mystery and wracked by controversy. Archaeologists and linguists have long debated the origins of the Indo-European language family as well as the origins of civilization and settled life in Europe. Recent discoveries in past years suggest that the origin of European culture, as well as some central Asian cultures, is within an archaeological culture called the Yamnaya.
ancient-origins - 31/03/2021 - 18:31
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How Mixed Ancestries Shaped European Traits
An eye-opening new study appearing in the journal Current Biology delves into the extensive interactions between different ethnic groups that shaped the genomes of contemporary Europeans.
Nathan Falde - 09/02/2022 - 22:00
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Scandinavia's First Farmers Slaughtered the Hunter-gatherer Population
Lund University
Following the arrival of the first farmers in Scandinavia 5,900 years ago, the hunter-gatherer population was wiped out within a few generations, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, among others. The results, which are contrary to prevailing opinion, are based on DNA analysis of skeletons and teeth found in what is now Denmark.
ancient origins - 09/02/2024 - 16:58
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90% of the Neolithic British Gene Pool Was Replaced by Beaker Immigrants
Scientists once could reconstruct humanity's distant past only from the mute testimony of ancient settlements, bones, and artifacts.
No longer. Now there's a powerful new approach for illuminating the world before the dawn of written history -- reading the actual genetic code of our ancient ancestors. Two papers published in the journal Nature on February 21, 2018, more than double the number of ancient humans whose DNA has been analyzed and published to 1,336 individuals -- up from just 10 in 2014.
ancient-origins - 23/02/2018 - 02:02
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DNA of 5,000-Year-Old Woman Links Modern Indians to Ancient Indus Valley Civilization
Ancient DNA from India’s Rakhigarhi archaeological site is telling volumes about the destiny of the mysterious Indus Valley Civilization.
ashley cowie - 07/09/2019 - 01:45
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Ancient Earthworks of North America suggest pre-Columbian European contact
Long before the Isolationist doctrine of the Smithsonian became an academic dogma, mounds and earthworks in America were routinely compared to those observed in Western Europe. This position was summed up by Stephen Denison Peet, founder of the American Antiquarian, in these passages from 1892:
Relics of the Mound builders resemble those found in Great Britain and the north of Ireland, and even suggest the transmission of the same myths and symbols from the eastern to the western continent.
Jason Jarrell - 02/07/2015 - 01:28